Medicinal Expiration Dates

Gravdigr · 09-13-2010, 04:03 PM

I have some ExLax that expired in February of 2000. Think it'll still work?

I bet it works better than ever.

BigV · 09-13-2010, 04:14 PM

It might.

But I bet it tastes like s#!t.

monster · 09-13-2010, 04:55 PM

UR DOIN IT RONG

wolf · 09-13-2010, 05:03 PM

The shrinks here generally say that you can go one year past the expiration date, but no further out than that.

Tulip · 09-13-2010, 09:42 PM

Expired 10 years ago??!!?? Eek!

Well, tell us how it went after you tried it.

Clodfobble · 09-13-2010, 10:29 PM

A pharmacist friend of mine once told me the expiration date does have a legal definition: it is the point at which 10% of the substance is no longer active and/or no longer the same substance because it has broken down in some fashion.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2010, 12:32 AM

Yeah, they are talking about real medications, but c'mon Exlax?

Gravdigr · 09-14-2010, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulip

...tell us how it went after you tried it.

Try it?! Not on your life!

Tulip · 09-15-2010, 09:43 AM

OMG! I just remembered. My sister drank expired Ex-Lax once, and it hadn't expired that long, not ten years. Shortly after she drank it, her mouth went extremely dry as if there's no saliva whatsoever left. That's when she decided to check the box and found out that the Ex-Lax was expired. And no, it didn't work at all.

bbro · 09-15-2010, 09:49 AM

I remember in college I took expired Tylenol cold and sinus medicine. It was only expired a month or two, so I figured what the hell? Yea, not a good experience. After I finally got my mind out of the clouds, managed to sleep most of the day away. I won't ever try that again.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-15-2010, 11:17 AM

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After I finally got my mind out of the clouds, managed to sleep most of the day away.

You make that sound like it's a bad thing.

09-13-2010, 04:03 PM	#1
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09-13-2010, 04:14 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	It might. But I bet it tastes like s#!t. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The shrinks here generally say that you can go one year past the expiration date, but no further out than that. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-13-2010, 10:29 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A pharmacist friend of mine once told me the expiration date does have a legal definition: it is the point at which 10% of the substance is no longer active and/or no longer the same substance because it has broken down in some fashion. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-13-2010, 09:42 PM	#5
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Expired 10 years ago??!!?? Eek! Well, tell us how it went after you tried it.

09-14-2010, 12:32 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, they are talking about real medications, but c'mon Exlax? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-15-2010, 09:43 AM	#9
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	OMG! I just remembered. My sister drank expired Ex-Lax once, and it hadn't expired that long, not ten years. Shortly after she drank it, her mouth went extremely dry as if there's no saliva whatsoever left. That's when she decided to check the box and found out that the Ex-Lax was expired. And no, it didn't work at all.

09-15-2010, 09:49 AM	#10
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	I remember in college I took expired Tylenol cold and sinus medicine. It was only expired a month or two, so I figured what the hell? Yea, not a good experience. After I finally got my mind out of the clouds, managed to sleep most of the day away. I won't ever try that again.

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