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emmita

bubbs wrote: »

Did he sing, hey Mickey, your so fine you blow my mind HEY MICKEY!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Love that tune!

Savvybuyer

Oops! I opened my couple of paracetamol earlier and took them and they seemed completely fine. Five hours later, I come to look at the packet - and found they've expired (September of last year). They were the Morrisons ones I had that expired earlier but seems someone has swapped them around:eek::eek: and put them into the Asda packet (the proper tablets for which I checked earlier and don't expire for another few years). Don't try this at home! The Morrisons ones were left there as, ironically enough, I refuse to throw any into the bin due to safety but prefer to have them properly and securely disposed of at the pharmacy (although I'm not sure if they'll take paracetamol:rotfl:). There is always a reasoning behind things with Uncle Savvy.

It seems they're perfectly fine:
http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/expired-meds.shtml

I link to that as it mentions that people do take expired drugs "to save money", although it's not something I would knowingly have done and in this case, assuming I use all of them, it's only about 16p or 19p, so not worth risking life or limb over - although it won't be that drastic in this case. (Somewhat interestingly, that link does say that, if your life depends on something, you should not take expired medicine - yet I would have thought, probably wrongly, that if your life depends on taking medicine, you should take the medicine rather than nothing at all that would be life-threatening, whereas if it's not life-threatening, it would be 'safe' to not take something (in certain circumstances).)

This particular packet has been stored extremely well, in a cool and dry place and the tablets inside unopened. It's reassuring to note that I've not been ill enough times to need any paracetamol, hence why their date had expired. (I obviously overestimated how much I would use, or else didn't reach far enough to the back of the shelf for longer dated ones:rotfl:.)

These particular ones seemed perfectly fine and they've worked extremely well, as normal, to reduce the pain - if they had not been effective, I would soon have known about it! (In that case, the danger would have been that I could not have taken any more paracetamol (but in-date) then to reduce the pain as I suspect that would have been dangerous by being an overdose.)

In short, stay safe folks. I would now discard the rest of them (or, rather, take them to somewhere for secure disposal) - but, on this rare occasion, given that the two I took earlier were effective - I don't want to waste the entire rest of the pack - I now think it's highly likely the rest will be absolutely fine, having been stored in the same place, and having regard to the nine months of expiry (rather than several years), I might well use a few more of them up, safely, over the next few days as needed and within the dosage level the dentist told me. At last:D - I'm being pragmatic and I think that is, on this occasion, a pragmatic approach. Many tablets (not all, do check it's not one you shouldn't take) should last a number of years beyond the date - however, you never know as it could be a bad batch - most do not go toxic, according to the link (and of course that is no substitute for a GP's or professional's advice, that should always be followed) although, equally, there has been little research on expired drugs' toxicity. On this occasion - and this would certainly not always be the case - I think they're safe and highly likely to be effective.

That's if paracetamol is effective(:mad:):rotfl: - normally I find it is worse than ibuprofen at resolving pain but, seems to have worked extremely well here and the dentist said paracetamol. May as well use a majority of the pack up now it's "known", as far as can be, to be fine;), but do seek doctor's advice folks on medicines.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and I do not give advice, medical or otherwise.

Tinyshoes

WishI'dReadSooner wrote: »

You have to have a very very long lead TS:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I see I will have to ask google to be my friend

bubbs

emmita wrote: »

Love that tune!

Showing my age:o

Savvybuyer

Dippydoo wrote: »

50p coupon on savvy me works out about 40p each (i think)

Do they compare vs M at supposedly £1? I do not know, of course, what they are or are not in M although I imagine this might have gone on today (if msm is correct) and therefore not be working until tomorrow mid-morning at the earliest? Don't want to discourage if it's an excellent comp. and if it's already working but...(I'm being my ever-cautious self).

silvercar

Lovely photos, Dippy. Lovely family - can't believe that only 2 were planned! Would have given me a heart attack.

Our local Adsa opens tomorrow.

Dippydoo

Savvybuyer wrote: »

Do they compare vs M at supposedly £1? I do not know, of course, what they are or are not in M although I imagine this might have gone on today (if msm is correct) and therefore not be working until tomorrow mid-morning at the earliest? Don't want to discourage if it's an excellent comp. and if it's already working but...(I'm being my ever-cautious self).

EMMAP

Evening all! I've missed the passing and starting of a whole thread. Been a while since that happened

How is everyone?

For those of you who know I was assembling one, I finally delivered my 'baby box' to the parents-to-be over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who posted links or gave me a heads up on FB about stuff to go in it. They were bowled over. Going through a lot at the moment so I know it is very much appreciated.

WishI'dReadSooner

Savvy - having worked for a major pharmaceutical. Often we used to get drugs back in with expired dates. They'd be retested - in 99.9% of the cases they were well within specs of product - with little or no deterioration. They were often repackaged with a new date on. Maybe having a 3yr instead of 5 yr expiry.

The return that came with a letter inside asking if we still made the product & if so could she have some more absolutely astounded us all in the lab.

The letter read - I first needed use of your product when I was expecting my first child at the age of 20. (the tablets were for constipation) They worked well then. I've had reason to use your product a number of times since then and they have worked extremely well each time. I now find that I only have a few tablets left, which I am enclosing, as I hope you will let me know if they are still available as if I have the same problem in the future I'd like to take these tablets again, they have worked so well for me in the past.
Yours
Mrs E (aged 84)

Yes, she included the tabs which were still at 97% efficiency, after 65 years, when tested & we still made the product so a bottle was sent to her.

I don't think you need to worry too much Savvy!

emmita

bubbs wrote: »

Showing my age:o

Me too but I loved it and can remember the video too can you?