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Shelf life of painkillers / antibiotics?

  • 01-11-2012 9:49am
    #1
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,731 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, hope this is the right place to post this.

    A few months ago I had 2 wisdom teeth extracted and due to some complications, I ended up getting a second prescription for painkillers and antibiotics, which I didn't use all of in the end, and just left in the medicine cabinet.

    This week i had the other two wisdom teeth removed, and I've come to the end of the medicine prescribed - the same painkillers and antibiotics. I'm wondering if it would be ok to take the leftover medicines from about 5 months ago, or whether they've expired and it would be an act of lunacy/suicide?

    I'm in Japan and these are (I assume) Japanese medicines, if that makes a difference.


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  • #2
    CBTman21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭CBTman21


    what meds are they?


  • #3
    sundodger5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭sundodger5


    they should be fine if stored correctly.
    for a lot of medicines they have an expiry because the law says they have to, not because they need one.
    painkillers and anti biotics should give no trouble.


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