Don't save it! Throw this thing away in the house now!

I don't know if you have such an experience: after a cold, I rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find medicine, it was difficult to find, a look at the date, the first few days expired!

Collapse at the same time with a bit of luck, this medicine just expired not long ago, should be fine, right?

The medicine has just expired, can I still eat it?

"I don't believe that after the expiration date, the drug can be invalid all at once, and I can definitely eat it."

"The effect of the drug after expiration may not be so good, but it should be edible."

Many people have such ideas, and it seems reasonable to think about it, can expired drugs really be eaten?

First of all, let's talk about the concept of [drug expiration date], which refers to the period of time that the drug can maintain its quality under the specified storage conditions, and this quality mainly refers to the efficacy and safety of the drug.

Moreover, this period is not set arbitrarily, but is determined after experimental research. That is to say, once this period is exceeded, the efficacy and safety of the drug cannot be guaranteed.

Maybe you will feel that it doesn't matter if the effect is not so good.

Leak! Imagine a patient with coronary heart disease who eats expired nitroglycerin and thinks that the drug has played a role, but in fact the efficacy is very low or even not, and may even make the patient pay the price of life.

Moreover, some expired drugs will deteriorate, breaking down some harmful substances to damage the human body. For example, vitamin C is easy to oxidize after expiration, and oxidized vitamin C is harmful to the human body; some antibacterial drugs such as sulfonamides and penicillin are easy to cause allergies and even shock after expiration.

Therefore, as long as it is a drug that has expired, it is not recommended to eat. Even if it has just expired, it is not recommended to eat, you think, if the quality of drugs that have just expired is similar to that of drugs that have not expired, why don't researchers adjust the expiration date back?

External medication does not enter the mouth anyway, it does not matter if it expires?

If you say that the internal medication will be cautious, then the treatment of external medication may be more casual, some friends even do not have the awareness of the expiration date of the external medication, unless used up, otherwise absolutely do not lose.

In fact, whether it is for internal or external use, as long as it expires, the quality of the drug may change, not only can not achieve the efficacy, but may even produce adverse reactions, such as irritating contact dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis and so on.

Even some external drugs will stipulate that the use time after opening should not exceed 4 weeks, which is more stringent.

Drugs that are within the shelf life must be fine?

Not necessarily.

The above mention of "prescribed storage conditions" mentions "prescribed storage conditions", which is a prerequisite, if the drug is not stored in accordance with the storage conditions specified in the instructions, the drug properties are changed, even within the validity period of the drug, it is not recommended to use. Therefore, it is necessary to store the medicine according to the prescribed conditions.

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It should be noted that the expiration date on the drug packaging refers to the period of unopened and stored under the specified conditions, once the drug is opened, it is susceptible to moisture deterioration due to the environment, and the use period will be greatly reduced. Just take apart a pack of potato chips with you, and it is a truth that it will become soft and wet after two days of eating.

For example, the use period of eye drops after opening is up to one month, and the bulk drugs prescribed by the hospital are best eaten within the course of treatment, and the longest is not more than one month.

Our common "plate" medicine is the kind of pill or capsule that is sealed in a separate plastic bubble, because its independent packaging will not contact with the air, and it can be used before the expiration date under the specified storage conditions.

Expired cosmetics are also not recommended

Investigate, how many cosmetics do you have in your house? Do you remember their shelf life and clean them up regularly?

Although cosmetics are consumables, they will soon disappear if they are used every day. However, it is not excluded that some lazy cancer advanced stars, makeup to see the mood, skin care to see the state, especially after the epidemic wears masks, the number of makeup has dropped greatly, which leads to the probability of the expiration of idle cosmetics at home skyrocketing.

And cosmetics and drugs, there are also after the opening of the use of the term, some products on the inner packaging will have the logo 6M, 8M, 12M and other words, it means that 6 months, 8 months, 12 months after opening is the best period of use.

Once you find that the cosmetics have passed the expiration date or shelf life, do not be soft, you should throw it away. Because after the cosmetics expire, the added preservatives fail, can not completely effectively block the reproduction of microorganisms in skin care products, if you use expired cosmetics at this time, it is easy to appear facial contact dermatitis and other situations.

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Don't throw away expired medicines and cosmetics

Don't you know, expired medicines are listed on the National Hazardous Waste List.

In addition to the reason that expired drugs may cause pollution to the environment, some unscrupulous traders will also change the packaging of discarded drugs to make them re-enter the market, so we can't clean up expired drugs like garbage.

The correct approach is to see if there is a centralized recycling bin for expired drugs in the nearby pharmacy or community, and if there is one, it can be sent to the unified disposal, and if there is no, the following practices can be referred to:

● Oral tablets, capsules, granules, drops and other expired drugs, do not throw away the whole bottle or box, the remaining drugs should be taken out of the aluminum foil, medicine bags and other packaging, all drugs are concentrated in the sealed bag mashed, and then thrown into the non-recyclable garbage can;

● Paste-like drugs are extruded to be collected in a sealed bag, sealed and then thrown into a non-recyclable garbage can;

●Liquid drugs such as eye drops and oral liquids can be poured into the sewer and washed away;

●Spray drugs can be completely emptied and discarded in places with good outdoor air circulation and under conditions of avoiding contact with open flames.

Expired cosmetics can not be littered, but need to be sorted into the corresponding garbage cans. Such as foundation, lipstick, lotion, etc. are dry garbage, hair dye, nail polish is harmful garbage.

Finally, we remind everyone that we must clean up the drugs at home in time and develop the habit of recording the date of drug opening at hand to ensure the safety of medication.

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