Posted on 04/09/2013 3:34:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
I purchased a Physicians Desk Reference and a Nurses guide to drugs. They provide dosage information based on mg.
I’m a big fan of the fish antibiotics. It was particularly amusing when I filled a prescription for antibiotics and found that the pills were identical, just more expensive than the corresponding ones for fish.
I’m sure they will be taken off the market now that the preppers are saying use them for humans. Really smart.
Also, if you self-prescribe then on a future visit with a doctor the doctor may not have a precise record of what you have taken.
“Chemicals don’t have a calendar, they don’t go bad one day past their expiration date.”
They slowly degrade starting with the day they are compounded. There are a lot of depends on the half life of that curve. It depends upon the type of packaging, the amount of oxidation, the level of humidity, the amount of time it is cold or hot, etc. Storage of powder or pills in simple sealed plastic bottles still allows oxygen to transpire and be available to enable oxidation.
That is why foods are stored in mylar films with foil layers and oxygen absorbers. That makes a wonderful Google research adventure.
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve had the vendor sites bookmarked, I need to get some ordered.
Well aren’t you the smart one then.
PING!!
Study Highlights Debate Over Drug Expiration Dates
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/771253/study_highlights_debate_over_drug_expiration_dates/
Drugs Frequently Potent Past Expiration
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/04/02/drug-expiration-part-one.aspx
Shelf Life of Medicine:
Drug Tests Conducted for the U.S. Military
http://www.grandpappy.info/hshelfm.htm
What the hell is your problem? Agreeing with you is making you mad? WTF?
I just took some expired antibiotics without running the titration test.
Well, goody goody for you!!! lol
Tiger,
As a general proposition, yes they may go bad. But no way in hell for ANY product does the product go bad one day after the expiration date. The reason is purely for litigation liability purposes. If the product goes bad BEFORE the expiration date, it is because of manufacturing/product failures. The safety factor is built in to reduce litigation exposure for almost all product manufacturers (there may be one that I can’t think of).
Good articles, thanks for posting.
Ah, you are one of those that need clarifications on that which you speak. :-)
No, I am one who gives clarifications on that which I have spoke. Over and over. lol
Doctor Bones has posted on his blog that he believes (and backs it up with certain studies IIRC) that antibiotics can be useable for a long time past their expiration date.
Obviously, prudence and evaluation is called for but as somebody else mentioned if it’s a call between developing sepsis and taking antibiotics that are past date, I’ll opt for the latter.
To add to your list, in addition to sulfonamides such as Bactrim for a urinary infection, you can purchase pyridium over the counter which is of tremendous benefit in urinary infection discomfort relief. Turns the urine orange.
I’d also add the possibility of a couple of monistat cream treatments for yeast infections.
Have you bought anything there?
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