Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinets

[whateg0]

I don't know if this will get past the spam filters or not, but...

Right before we left for our Arkansas trip, I went through and cleaned out the medicine cabinet. Found quite a bit of stuff that was over a year past expired. So, go check your medicine cabinet and get rid of all the stuff that should not be there.

http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=25836&stc=1&d=1205183104

There're are some sewer rats feeling really good right about now - well they might be dead by now.

Dave

[greywynd]

To go along with that, it's recommended now to NOT dump it down the drain, as it builds up in the water. I understand that most pharmacies will accept expired meds and will dispose of them accordingly.

[matt1124]

A lot of stuff is still good way past the date. Others not so much. If nothing else it makes a good placebo! :D

[whateg0]

How strange that I just happened to check in today...

I actually cleaned out the medicine cabinet again (probably the first time since the photo above was taken) a couple of weeks ago. I wonder if there is a list somewhere that tells which meds wear out over time and which are just dated so you have to buy more in a couple years...

[Rbeckett]

Meds are required to have a 5 year shelf life, the US FDA is the one who demands they be pulled in a year to keep the prices up. The drugs they pull at one year go to Canada and other countries for the remaining 4 years prior to being "officially" out of date. Next time anybody gets an order from Canada look at the expiration date on the box or container. I keep all my drugs in a cool dry temp controlled space and have never had an issue out close to the real expiration. Take it from somepne who buys a lot of weird drugs that seem to be really expensive so I have to do this to afford some of them. Just my .02.
Bob