Poll of the Day > I just took some expired cold and flu medication

(+) Yeah! (+)

Wish me luck getting through the night
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It probably won't work. Expiration dates on medications indicate the start of decay for effectiveness of active ingredients. If it's more than a month or so past date it won't do anything.
Eh, I shouldn't say such a blanket statement, sometimes it's just to get it off the shelf. It really depends on what those active ingredients actually are.
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Expired sunscreen apparently doesn't work, though...
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LinkPizza posted...

Expired sunscreen apparently doesn't work, though...

95% of sunscreens don't work
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A lot of cold medicine expires because despite the obvious name people store it at room temperature
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Some get stronger btw, that's just the longest they've done trials to.
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Zangulus posted...

StoneRevolver posted...

It probably won't work. Expiration dates on medications indicate the start of decay for effectiveness of active ingredients. If it's more than a month or so past date it won't do anything.

Theyve actually found that expiration dates dont actually mean anything. The army saves millions every year just using expired medication because its just as effective.

Its a way to boost sales.

Yeah, its just by law it needs it. A better term for it would be a best before date. And in most cases expired medication can still be 100% effective 15 years after the stamped date
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I'm still using antacid that expired in 2006.

Of course, it's basically just ground up limestone, and rocks don't generally have expiration dates.

Worse case it doesn't work, that is what usually happens with me when I take expired cold medicine (I mean seriously, who uses all of it before the expiration date?)
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Dikitain posted...

Worse case it doesn't work, that is what usually happens with me when I take expired cold medicine (I mean seriously, who uses all of it before the expiration date?)

Yeah, even pain medication you might go through slow
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RIP
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

RIP

I am now a ghost haunting PotD forever
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