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Q: Expired Promethazine With Codeine

asked by: dbacks11 on March 16th, 2007

New User

well i have pneumonia and have had a bad cough. i have taken all my cough medicine which was promethazine with codeine and my cough is continuing. i have another bottle but it expired september 1, 2006. Is this ok to take and what possible effects can expired medicine have? does medicine truly expire? i have found very conflicting information online and any help is greatly appreciated. thank you

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dbacks11

replied on March 16th, 2007

New User

well nobody seems to reply in any section besides this one so can somebody help me out

Sunflower_pie81

replied on March 16th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Ummmm normally i would say go for it but in this case because it's a narcotic, i wouldn't. You can always call your doctor and ask them if it's ok before you self-prescribe. I think that is why they put a experation date on it....i googled it and really coldn't find anything about the experation date.

so in this case i would call your health care provider.

good luck.

hope you feel better.

brown9500

replied on March 29th, 2007

New User

dbacks11 wrote:

well nobody seems to reply in any section besides this one so can somebody help me out

You have 6 months from the expired date, provided that the medication was stored properly (explained on the bottle or in package insert).

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