Friday, October 26, 2018
Is It Safe to Use Expired Medications?
By Frieda Wiley, PharmD, BCGP, RPh
To toss or not to toss? That is the question. Whether you should toss your medications after the expiration date or keep them remains a widely debated topic. Though studies have shown some medications keep their potency far past their expiration dates, for most medications, the expiration date is there for a reason.
Here are just a few examples of situations where using expired medications might do more harm than good:
https://blogs.webmd.com/public-health/2018/10/is-it-safe-to-use-expired-medications.html