Guest guest Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Hi All, & Pete, Pete Theisen wrote: > Hi Everybody! Are the expiration dates on [medicines] significant? Do > you die if you use expired meds, or do they do you no good, or is the > expiration date just a marketing tool? All comments welcome. I have used occasionally out-of-date medicines (herbal and conventional) without problems. However, prescribing medicines that are out of date could be very significant if anything goes seriously wrong. (a) The patient / patient's family could notify the authorities, who lcan take a hard line on such issues. (b) It might also invalidate one's insurance cover. > I have 256 bottles never opened, out of date between 8 months and 2 > years. And more on the way! Would this be useful to the third world > practitioners who have no meds at all? Regards, Pete Maybe the safest thing is to get rid of them now. If they are dubious for you, they are dubious for anyone else also. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 On Monday 09 October 2006 07:01, wrote: > Hi All, & Pete, <snip> > However, prescribing medicines that are out of date could be very > significant if anything goes seriously wrong. > > (a) The patient / patient's family could notify the authorities, who lcan > take a hard line on such issues. > > (b) It might also invalidate one's insurance cover. > > > I have 256 bottles never opened, out of date between 8 months and 2 > > years. And more on the way! Would this be useful to the third world > > practitioners who have no meds at all? Regards, Pete > > Maybe the safest thing is to get rid of them Hi Dr. Phil! I have considered getting rid of them. But the " safe " part is problematical. Does one simply toss the box into the trashbin? Suppose someone bent upon getting " high " stumbles across it? Regards, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hi Pete, & All, > Hi Dr. Phil! I have considered getting rid of them. But the " safe " part > is problematical. Does one simply toss the box into the trashbin? > Suppose someone bent upon getting " high " stumbles across it? Regards, > Pete I would suggest that you mix the herbal materials with household waste, shredded paper or leaf compost, or grass-clippings, suitable for composting. Best regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 At 06:02 PM 10/9/2006, wrote: >I would suggest that you mix the herbal materials with household waste, >shredded paper or leaf compost, or grass-clippings, suitable for >composting. Yes! Above all, don't " flush them down the toilet " , as I saw recommended in a nationally syndicated news article recently, telling people, especially elderly, to clear out their old medications. In San Francisco Bay, and probably elsewhere, medicines, particularly antibiotics are accumulating in bay and coastal waters, measurably and negatively affecting the ecological balance. Herbal materials are probably not so dangerous, but responsible disposal -- knowing where it goes -- is a good habit. BTW: cooked-out herb waste is great for compost! And back when I was in TCM school, I would put the cooked-out residue outside at the edge of a desert-terrain mesa near where I was working (on the outskirts of San Diego), and the rabbits, quail, owls, coyotes and others would clean it all up within a day, and were probably the better for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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