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RE: -_Do You Think Medications Expire?_-_¿Crees Que Los Medicamentos Caducan?_-
IF YOU TAKE A MEDICATION THAT EXPIRED, TWO THINGS MAY HAPPEN:
1- At best, the medicine will not have any effect. But be aware that depending on the purpose of using the medication, whether for the control of an infection, blood pressure control or heart medicines, taking an out-of-date medicine can make the difference between life and death.
2 - In the worst case, in addition to not taking effect, it may have adverse side effects, insofar as the active ingredient may be so deteriorated that it may cause intoxication.
1- It's proven than several years after the expiration date, the drug remains its active ingredient in a high enough percentage to be fully usable.
As I said in the article, the most common is to find the excipients in a poor condition, but this not happen always in every expired date drug case.
It's logical to think that, for example, in the case of a hearthache, if you take an expired medicine with only a 50% of active ingredient, and you need 100% of active ingredient to counteract a heart attack, the you will have to take 2 pills.
If you had read my article would you know that the pharmacies take the expired medicines and pack them again estending its expiration date by five years more.
2- Only one case of intoxication by expired date has been found on file, and goes back to 1.963.
3- This article talks precisely about the fear that the pharmaceutical companies are trying to give to the population, just for getting rich.
4-I will not tell you what you have to believe or not, and although being careful is never a bad option, it is important to know that not everything the big companies say is true.