Women s multivitamins can still be eaten when they are damp in the refrigerator

Women's multivitamins can no longer be eaten if they are damp and opened.

First, the contamination of drugs and microorganisms in palatable packaging:

When the bag is opened, the shape of the drug has changed significantly, the drug will oxidize with oxygen, and the possibility of microbial contamination of the drug will also increase. In the refrigerator, some low-temperature tolerant fungi will multiply rapidly once they obtain the temperature and growth environment conditions suitable for their reproduction, and often, the toxicity of these strains will be higher than that of microorganisms under natural climatic conditions, so after eating the unclean food in the refrigerator, the poisoning reaction is more obvious.

Second, the morphological characteristics of spoiled drugs contaminated by microorganisms:

Multivitamins, whether they are drugs or tablets, will be more susceptible to microbial contamination because they are rich in nutrients, in tablets, they will contain starch sugars and other excipients, and they will be infected with aspergillus and Trichoderma pathogens after moisture absorption, at first, the color of the drug will change very slightly, the white tablets will slowly turn gray, the green ones will slowly turn black, etc., all of which are due to the fact that microorganisms have contaminated the drug, especially after the contamination of Aspergillus fungi, aspergilloxin will be produced. It will poison the human liver and even induce diseases such as liver cancer. If obvious sporophytes or discoloration are found, the medicine has already deteriorated. Consuming it again is quite dangerous.

Third, how to tell whether the drug has expired or expired?

1. Medicine: Observe whether the liquid medicine is clear, whether there is discoloration, etc. Except for a few special varieties that are allowed to have slight turbidity, injections are generally clear liquids.

Those with obvious turbidity, precipitation or crystallization precipitation, which cannot be dissolved by heating, are not usable. There are also some Chinese herbal medicine injections that are prone to turbidity or precipitation during storage, and should not be used.

2. Tablets and capsules: If the tablets are found to be damp and adherent, the loose tablets are swollen, deformed, lobed, and the sugar-coated tablets are discolored or severely spotted, deformed, and moldy. If the yeast tablets are found to be moldy and insects, the vitamin C tablets are oxidized and discolored, and the aspirin tablets have a sour taste of acetic acid after being wet, so they should not be used.

Some proprietary Chinese medicines, such as Shujin Huoxue Tablets, turn brown after absorbing moisture, and the tablets are loose and adherent, and should not be used. Capsules are easy to absorb moisture and become sticky, and if the contents deteriorate, they cannot be used medicinally.

3. Look at the production date and shelf life printed on the packaging box or plastic board, you can see the batch number of the production, the year, month and date and the expiration date, such as 2016030512302, which means that the drug is off the assembly line at 12:30 on March 5, 2016, and the validity period is 2 years.

After the drug is damp, it will affect its medicinal properties, so it is recommended not to consume it.