No, it is not safe to take old antibiotic. It has a short life and is meant to be finished at the time of the illness it was prescribed for. Your current illness may not be one that the antibiotic could affect either, so it is best to visit your doctor for a diagnosis and, perhaps, a prescription. Toss the old medicine.
Usually nothing. With antibiotics, the expiration date relates to their potency. Old antibiotics simply don't work very well, but it's unlikely they'd make you sick.
Never use out of date medicines.
If it is past its expiration date, it won't be effective. So don't take it.
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It is not that they are harmful...it is that they lose potency.
They're not. Hence EXPIRED. Go see your doctor.
No, you should discard expired medications. There is no gurantee for efficacy or safety and the bacteria might become resistant to clindamycin if its inert thus making treatment for your infection even harder.
It depends. Many types of antibiotics must be refrigerated and used before the expiration date. It may lose strength and be ineffective so it's best to discard unrefrigerated and/or expired medicine.
Yes, expired food can be used as compost.
different antibiotics are used for fighting different types of bacteria.
Yes!! They are expired for a reason! Ask your doctor for new meds if needed.
what happens when pesticides and antibiotics are used and how does it related to evolution
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.
Pills are made out of antibiotics, used to fight infections.
No, antibiotics do not control cancer.
They are used to making antibiotics like penicillin