Should i use the medicine?!
Question: I'm having the flu right now, I only have the Theraflu (mix with water to serve) but the expire is Jan/08 and today is 01/26/08.
should I take that medicine or get a new one.
thanks
Answers: I'm having the flu right now, I only have the Theraflu (mix with water to serve) but the expire is Jan/08 and today is 01/26/08.
should I take that medicine or get a new one.
thanks
Dunt play russian roulett with your health...Get a new box of that thera flu, and while yur out get a bottle of listerine to rinse, n also some bayer asprin. Feel better dear,,,,but idf in doubt...throw it out i say...n CALL the dokta , if ya get feraful, or feel wurse. or get aching loins....you may have an infection! Youll need a anti bioyic! you need tratment to gat healed.....dunt play games...it s your life YOUNG MAN!!!
Get new ones, you don't want to risk your health. Call up a friend or something.
Most liquids, (if covered properly) don't loose their potency until month's end, if at all! If you have doubt, go buy a new bottle and read expiration date to be sure. Also ask pharmacist, he/she will know. PS: I would use it! :O)
It is still good. Expiration dates are the last day of the month. The expiration date means the medication will remain at full potency till that date. It doesn't just go bad from one day to the next.
Expiration dates are kind of a "may lose potency" date. It means the active ingredients become inactive at or around that time. it will not harm you as expired food would, it just wouldn't help much as the medicine no longer has it's maximum potency.
http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/update...
Take the old medicine as the expiry date merely means that it is best to use it before that date.