October 6, 2007 - 7:49pm
I know every bottle you get from a pharmacy gives 1 year from the date of purchase. I was wondering how long drugs like xanax, other benzo's too can sit in normal conditions before they start loosing potency and effectiveness. While I am asking what about opiates and opoids, like hydrocode, oxycodone, ect.. I am just inqusitive as to tolarance to benzos building up in ones system, of course every body is different and depends on daily intakes of a peticular substance. If i take benadryl for a week straight for my allergies, I become tolerant. Thanks. Any in put would be helpful.
October 6, 2007 - 8:22pm
#2
It is my understanding that
It is my understanding that many medications keep their potency for quite sometime after the expiration date if kept in the proper conditions....away from heat and moisture..and in a cool dry place...some exceptions (and there could be quite a few) would be anti-biotics and other drugs like insulin and the biologic TNF drugs like Humira and Enbrel.
October 6, 2007 - 8:57pm
#3
yep i saw a program awhile
yep i saw a program awhile back where some drugs were still good ten years later...I saw first hand someone use over 20 year old morphine and it was still potent.
I am not a Dr. I just play one on TV.
October 7, 2007 - 9:03am
#4
I have been told by a
I have been told by a pharmacist that it will start losing potency after 2 yrs. That's what he says I say pick a number
October 7, 2007 - 9:15am
#5
I think gtrplayer may have
I think gtrplayer may have posted this link on here in the past, but here is an article about expiration dates from The Harvard Medical School.
October 7, 2007 - 5:53pm
#6
From my experience I've
From my experience I've noticed that even after a few years there is little noticeable potency loss in meds. Not counting antibiotics,which I would not take after a year since,along with loosing potency,can actually make you ill.
Some years ago I was an avid bodybuilder and took anabolic/androgenic steroids. I took some of them 3-4 years past the manufactures experation date with no noticeable change in it's strenght. This include testosterones.
I'm not advocating taking meds past the recommended expiration date nor advocating the use of performance enhancing drugs.
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October 8, 2007 - 10:01am
#7
The legal right for you to
The legal right for you to take a prescription drug expires one year after the date the prescription was written. Hence the one year expiration date. You are breaking the law if you take a prescription med, even if the medication was prescribed for you, if you take it one year after it was prescribed.
I know Any med i get. The bottle says expiration is one year from then... As with building up tolerance to other meds. Its never took long for it to build up in me. But your right. Everyone is different.