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Prescription Medications
Posted: 07.02.2009 at 9:38 PM
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Chances are if you haven't gone through your medicine cabinet lately it's stocked with a few expired medications. The date of expiration simply means after the "use-by" date the effectiveness or the potency of the drug can no longer be guaranteed. Bringing into question when to get rid of them.

Brian Arnes, Pharmacist at Medicap Pharmacy in Davison says, "If you're debating on popping an expired aspirin or any over the counter drug...most the time it's okay.

For Prescription drugs on the other hand Arnes advises getting rid of it because, in some cases the drug could become toxic.