Can I take children s medicine after it expires, and can I still take children s fever medicine afte

The medicine cannot be taken after it expires. The drug is a special commodity, there is an expiration date, and the expired drug will undergo changes in chemical and physical properties, lose or reduce the original ** effect, and some may also have toxic side effects. Some oral liquids, sugar-containing drugs and proprietary Chinese medicines can also be contaminated with bacteria or molds after expiration, and eating these contaminated foods can lead to biological food poisoning.

However, there are a few drugs, if they are just expired drugs, such as potassium chloride tablets and other electrolyte foods, because of the stable chemical properties, if there is a mising, it will not increase the toxicity, and there will be a certain effect. Some drugs are taken after expiration, such as nitroglycerin after expiration and deterioration, there is no effect on dilating the coronary arteries, which will affect the condition of the disease**, you should look at the expiration date before taking the drug, and avoid taking expired drugs.

Which medicines should be thrown away as soon as they expire?

Antibacterial and deteriorating drugs must not be soft.

Some medicines should be thrown away as soon as they expire. Dr. Chen Xiao, deputy director of the Medical Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, pointed out that after the expiration date of the drug, the active ingredients may be decomposed into other products, and these decomposed products may have a good effect on the body. If you take a spoiled internal medicine, not only will it have no effect, but there will also be a risk of bacterial infection.

And topical liniments such as elosone, if you continue to use them after the expiration date, are likely to cause allergies. Chloramphenicol and rifampicin anti-inflammatory eye drops can cause local discomfort such as dry and itchy eyes, and may cause eye diseases such as keratitis and conjunctivitis. In addition, antibacterial drugs such as amoxicillin and norfloxacin have a relatively fast rate of drug efficacy, and once the expiration date expires, the drug efficacy is definitely reduced by more than 10, and there is no effect after taking it, so there is no need to regret it.

Some people believe that expired health products produce less ***. This is actually a misunderstanding. Health care products in the production conditions, quality control, not as strict as drugs, many health products are not reviewed by the Drug Inspection Bureau, what ingredients are not very clear, over time, the composition changes may be more obvious than drugs, *** larger.

Just one day after it expires, is the medicine valid?

Before and after the expiration of the "threshold", there is generally no significant difference in drug efficacy.

According to Li Xianwen, the length of the expiration date of a drug is related to the stability of its ingredients. The expiration date of Western medicine is generally set at two to three years, because the composition of Western medicine is relatively simple, and the stability is easy to control, and the longest validity period of Western medicine can be up to 5 years. The shelf life of proprietary Chinese medicines is generally only 2 years or less, and in addition to the complexity of the ingredients, the coating and granules of Chinese medicines are also the reasons why they are more difficult to preserve.

A small number of drugs that are easy to volatilize and degrade are generally valid for half a year to one and a half years.

According to the general standards of the National Medical Products Administration, a drug is considered invalid when its efficacy is reduced by 10. But in fact, there is no critical point for the expiration of drugs, and the efficacy of the drug does not suddenly decrease on the last day of the expiration date10. From the day it is produced, the efficacy of the drug has gradually decreased as the active ingredient degrades, so the difference between the expiration of one or two days and the expiration of one or two days is not obvious.

Huang Wangyu, deputy chief physician of Guangzhou Yusheng Hospital, pointed out that some drugs that have just passed their expiration date but are well preserved do not have a toxic effect on the human body, but the efficacy is discounted. In particular, Chinese herbal medicines, unless there is visible mildew and deterioration, the effect is generally not within one or two days**, and it is still effective after taking it. For example, Korean ginseng and turtle shells can be kept sealed for at least three years, while the black chicken and white phoenix pills with good wax seals can be taken within five years, although the expiration date is set at two years.

However, several experts generally disapprove of patients taking expired medicines by chance, but there is no need to worry too much about this if they are taken by mistake. In fact, compared with the drugs that "step on the expiration threshold", some drugs that have not yet reached the expiration date, but have deteriorated because of the unsatisfactory storage environment, once taken by mistake, the consequences are more serious.

Adults are healthy, physical resistance is relatively strong, you take expired medicine to eat, when the child is growing up, the resistance is still relatively weak, you give him expired medicine, don't you harm him?

Some parents said that the child at home had a fever, and they went to find the medicine at home, and finally found that the only box of fever medicine in the family had expired for nearly three months, so they were very hesitant to give it to the child, worried about what would happen if they ate it. So can children still take fever reducers after they expire?

Don't take the fever reducer if it expires. Strictly speaking, even if the medicine has just expired for one day, it is not recommended to take it. What's more, it is overdue for one month, three months or even half a year.

After expiration, the properties and structure of the drug can undergo irreversible changes, not to mention that the drug may be ineffective, and it will also lead to rapid toxic reactions or add new symptoms such as fever and other dust*** after taking it. In particular, the color and taste that have deteriorated have changed significantly, which is more harmful. Therefore, it is safer to take drugs within the shelf life, especially Western medicines, and children should be more cautious when taking medicines.

If it expires, it can only be thrown away.

The child has a fever, and the antipyretic medicine has expired for three months. Expired medications should be discarded and cannot be reused. Consider going to your doctor for a blood routine check-up for guidance**.

Consideration can be given to using traditional Chinese medicines, such as ginseng and Xiao Chai Hu decoction. Generally, the fever will go away in about an hour, but this is not the fundamental way to solve the problem, and anti-infective drugs such as antiviral drugs, cephalosporins, etc. are also needed. It's a good idea to have a blood routine checked.

If the baby eats some antipyretic medicine does not matter much, do not worry too much, pay attention to observe whether the baby has nausea and vomiting and other adverse reactions, if there is one, you should take the baby to the hospital in time for examination, if not, it means that there is no major problem, usually you should pay attention to the baby drink more water, promote excretion.

Expired drugs have lost their original role, and may produce harmful substances to the human body, so its safety and effectiveness can not be guaranteed, if you accidentally take expired drugs, serious cases will threaten life safety. If the baby eats expired antipyretic drugs, parents do not need to panic, if only a small amount of expired antipyretic drugs are taken by mistake, it is not yet known what impact it will have on the baby, so it should be mainly observed, if the baby has no obvious discomfort symptoms, insufficient special treatment, you can let the baby drink more water, promote drug excretion, if the baby appears purple, shortness of breath, cold all over the body, shivering and other danger signals, send to the hospital in time.

Parents should pay attention to not only antipyretics, but also other medicines in the family, such as eye drops, topical medicines, and water oral liquids, first of all, they should be regularly checked for their expiration date, and if they have passed, they should be discarded, and secondly, home medicines should be kept out of reach of children to prevent children from taking them by mistake.