I found some old pills that i wanna take but its past the "use by" date. Does that mean if I take em they wont work or could something possibly bad happen if i took them?
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I found some old pills that i wanna take but its past the "use by" date. Does that mean if I take em they wont work or could something possibly bad happen if i took them?
That depends on what it is and when the expiration date was.
they may be lethal, depends on what they are to begin with, be real careful painkillers usually just lose max effectiveness meth substitutes and such are real killers, though
Well unfortunately it is long expired(mid 2003) and the drug is ambien.
I wouldnt do it if i was you
Doesn't seem all that risky to me.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05150/512789.stm
what happens to them when they get old?
Thanks for the article null, i think im gonna try em cause i mean theyve been sitting in the airtight bottle the whole time so i think they should be good. Worse thing that could happen is they dont work(I hope lol).
Not much if the drug was stored properly. The article mentions, prescription drug expiration dates are usually just shortened from manufacturer expiration dates. Probably just used by the pharmacy as a 'sell-by' date. Most perscription drugs are quite stable and there is nothing I am finding to indicate Ambien is any kind of exception.
My sister is a pharmacy technician, I'll ask her about expiration dates tomorrow to try and confirm this.
ok man cool
well took 1 10mg pill 15 mins to go and its starting to kick in and i like it :)