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darkling_glory
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May 22, 2012 14:14:09 GMT -5
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Post by darkling_glory on
May 22, 2012 14:14:09 GMT -5
I found a bottle of hydrocodone that expired in '09 in my medicine cabinet. Would you take this?
Google is telling me it might not be as potent, but that it won't kill me.
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May 22, 2012 14:14:55 GMT -5
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May 22, 2012 14:14:55 GMT -5
I wouldn't take it.
Half-lives and all.
It very well could have changed its composition at this point.
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Post by Bridey on
May 22, 2012 14:18:51 GMT -5
It won't kill....but I would only take it if you are desperate.
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May 22, 2012 14:18:51 GMT -5
I've taken expired pain medicine before. If you 110% need it, call your doctor and see if s/he will give you a new RX for it.
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May 22, 2012 14:19:08 GMT -5
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May 22, 2012 14:19:08 GMT -5
I wouldn't.
If it were only a couple of months old, I probably would though.
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Post by darkling_glory on
May 22, 2012 14:19:44 GMT -5
Yeah, I'll probably toss it. Thanks, though.
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May 22, 2012 14:45:12 GMT -5
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May 22, 2012 14:45:12 GMT -5
I would toss it. It's 3 years old!
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Post by OrangePixyStix on
May 22, 2012 14:53:15 GMT -5
May 22, 2012 14:19:08 GMT -5
shorty20
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I wouldn't.
If it were only a couple of months old, I probably would though.
yeah, a couple of months later and I would say you are safe, but a couple of years... I would just chunk it.
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May 22, 2012 14:57:16 GMT -5
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I wouldn't.
If it were only a couple of months old, I probably would though.
yeah, a couple of months later and I would say you are safe, but a couple of years... I would just chunk it.
Properly.. that is.
Don't flush, don't trash
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May 22, 2012 15:32:38 GMT -5
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May 22, 2012 15:32:38 GMT -5
Wal Mart will get rid of your RXs. Granted it costs money but it is better than polluting the water with them.
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Post by ILikeSloths on
May 22, 2012 15:45:40 GMT -5
Police departments will usually properly dispose of them for free.
ETA: I don't know if they do it all the time in other areas, but my H's department had a few days last year where people could drop them off.
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I'd toss it!
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