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Harvard Says Expired Drugs Are Okay to Take
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Do you throw out your expired medications? Then I’ve got some news for you. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thrown out medication - prescription or otherwise because it’s past the expiration date. And we’re not talking one day here, we’re talking like a year. What can I say? I have a problem with letting go of stuff. Well, there’s some good news, according to Harvard, while medication could theoretically lose some of it’s potency past the expiration date, there are no ill-effects from taking medications even 15 years after they’ve expired. So if you haven’t cleared out what’s expired, there’s no need to. You no longer need to worry that if you pop that three year old cold pill in a moment of absolute need, that you’ll end up in the emergency room hallucinating and foaming at the mouth.
Since a law was passed in 1979, drug manufacturers are required to stamp an expiration date on their products. This is the date at which the manufacturer can still guarantee the full potency and safety of the drug. 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date. Medical authorities state expired drugs are safe to take, even those that expired years ago. A rare exception to this may be tetracycline. Is the expiration date a marketing ploy by drug manufacturers, to keep you restocking your medicine cabinet and their pockets regularly? You can look at it that way. The expiration dates are very conservative to ensure you get everything you paid for.
(health.harvard.edu)
Via: health.harvard.edu
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