Posted by yxibow on July 19, 2009, at 10:34:50
In reply to Re: shelf life of Ambien, posted by Gmill on July 13, 2009, at 16:08:44
> I purchased a script of Ambien that was manufactured on 1/2008 and is now 7/2009. I took a normal dose with absoulutley no effect. I took the script back and was dispensed a fresher script and worked just fine which shows that Ambien has a pretty short shelf life.
I think that's a case of causality is not always causation. You may have just not responded in the same manner to Ambien at one time or another because of the way your body was reacting to GABA.
Prescriptions used to be marked with a 1 year expiration but now I've seen typically 18 months to two years.This doesn't mean you should use a 20 year old prescription, but there have been tests by the military on a wide array of medications and found medications are useful far after their "due date".
Some medications should be carefully watched, however, of course, like some antibiotics (not all), perhaps things like Synthroid, etc.
I've used several year old excess Seroquel and at $2-$3 a pill, it behooved me to use it anyhow and there was no difference.
Its in the binding also, I think... some generic versions of propranolol I've noticed crumble or crush easily sooner than they should, but I don't think the active ingredient itself would decay for not this.
-- Jay
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