What will happen if you take benydryll/allergy medicine if it exspired 02/07?

Question

I have berkley & Jensen Allergy medicine but it exspired over a year ago ... will anything bad happen if i take it

Answer 1

It will usually just lose it's potency and won't work as good.  It's ok to take the amount the label says, but don't do this routinely.  Buy new to have around, just in case you need it in a hurry!

Answer 2

It won't work as well.

Answer 3

As a pharmaceutical researcher, I feel I should clear up some misinformation.  When a drug is made, unless it degrades very rapidly, or if highly toxic products are found or predicted to form, scientists will merely estimate to within a 95% confidence interval as to how long the drug will remain safe and effective.  We then call this the expiration date.  Very rarely will any research be conducted on what happens to the drug, and once it hits the expiration date, it's a good idea to throw it out.  I'm not saying that it's going to be fine in January and poisonous in March, but I am saying that what the drug degrades to or how it reacts with the fillers in the pill over time are generally unknown and unstudied.  It could degrade to something completely harmless or it could become toxic.  The bottom line to me is, do you really feel like being a guinea pig like the cheap moron who said he takes them sometimes instead of being an intelligent person and buying new ones? HEY DUMMY, YOU MAY NOT BE IN A COMA, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT CAUSING DAMAGE.

If you choose to take expired meds, it's no problem to me.  But should you have any adverse reactions, let a doctor know.  We researchers may not conduct direct experiments, but we certainly don't mind when cheap people decide to make themselves into lab rats as long as they provide us with data.

Answer 4

Nothing bad will happen,

it  just will get a little stale dried up, but it probably didn't lose any potency at all, if it did probably so small you wouldn't even notice the difference.

I take expired meds sometimes, I'm not in a Coma.

Comment for other answer:

You know what f you. Calm the f down, life goes by way too fast to f ing worry about a old bottle of benadryl, if your such a geek, do a study, have some proof  year old meds can harm you.

Answer:

If your a worrying a""hole who makes a big deal out of the most simplest things go ahead spend 2 or 3 dollars.

If not take one and forget about it.

Answer 5

Some medicines get less effective and some get more potent when they are expired. It  depends on whether it is liquid or capsule forms.  The old stand by "when in doubt, throw it out" I think applies.  My doctor says throw any medicine out after a year.  You could call a pharmacist, they will usually be able to tell what the effects are.

Answer 6

It might have lost some of the potency.