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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3629423" data-attributes="member: 569830">Nokidding? WowzorzAnd I forgot to mention the expiration dates above... people asking about that. Yes drugs expire because they become less effective over time. Exposure to air, light, etc., all can cause drugs to break down and become almost useless. Antibiotics are pretty susceptible to this, and most drugs are, to one extent or another. I&#039;m not sure how long painkillers are really good for, but you can bet that a pill that 5 years old will not likely have near the pharmacologic effect it would have had when brand new.So just toss &#039;em, no use in keeping &#039;em, and in the case of the painkillers we&#039;re discussing, the Tylenol in &#039;em may not break down as quickly, so if you take 10 at a time to get the same effect (like the guy above who&#039;s trying to make his liver die), then you may end up with a massive amount of working Tylenol, with a next to zero amount of working hydrocodone. Again, I don&#039;t know the rate at which these break down, it&#039;s just a caution.Ok, I gotta go teach PALS.Later.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3629423, member: 569830"] Nokidding? Wowzorz And I forgot to mention the expiration dates above... people asking about that. Yes drugs expire because they become less effective over time. Exposure to air, light, etc., all can cause drugs to break down and become almost useless. Antibiotics are pretty susceptible to this, and most drugs are, to one extent or another. I'm not sure how long painkillers are really good for, but you can bet that a pill that 5 years old will not likely have near the pharmacologic effect it would have had when brand new. So just toss 'em, no use in keeping 'em, and in the case of the painkillers we're discussing, the Tylenol in 'em may not break down as quickly, so if you take 10 at a time to get the same effect (like the guy above who's trying to make his liver die), then you may end up with a massive amount of working Tylenol, with a next to zero amount of working hydrocodone. Again, I don't know the rate at which these break down, it's just a caution. Ok, I gotta go teach PALS. Later. [/QUOTE]

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