Am I going to die?

[illusion88]

Unisom is a sleep aid (doxylamine Succinate).

I work overnight shifts thursday - saturday. I switch my sleep schedual on thursday and sunday. Today I was out of benadryl, the medication I usually use to fall asleep at 1pm. So I rummaged around the medicine cabinet and found some Unisom. Ok, I don't remember buying these, but whatever, I have them. I took two of them, and just after I swallowed, I saw that the expiration date is 01/2005!!

Am I going to die?
I think the world is going black....

 

[GeneValgene]

nope...in general, you can take expired medication

just need to increase the dosage to get the same effect

 

[cirrhosis]

Yes, they're festering in your stomach right now. Soon you will bloat and burst like a pigeon given Alka Seltzer.

 

[Regs]

No...but you likely won't sleep as good.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Guess you'll find out when/if you wake up.

 

[Chryso]

I would reply with a helpful answer but you are most likely already dead or at least too weak to read my life saving advice.

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: Chryso
I would reply with a helpful answer but you are most likely already dead or at least too weak to read my life saving advice.

thants kind of you not to tease him. his vision is prob too blurred too.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Originally posted by: GeneValgene
nope...in general, you can take expired medication

just need to increase the dosage to get the same effect

This is quite true - typically the expiration date on medicines are the guestimated dates for when their effectiveness has fallen to about 90% (or weakened by 10%). A general rule of thumb is, for every year the medicine passes in expiration, it loses another 10% in effectiveness. Of course this is just a ballpark figure - it may vary greatly, and in no way am I telling anyone to use expired meds.

My point is, the bulk of America's medicines "expire" before they are used, and manufacturers sometimes repackage these meds and send them to the needy in 3rd world countries.

 

[GasX]

It would be ironic if expired sleep medication put you into a deep sleep...

Generally speaking, medication loses potency over time and expired medication is usually just going to do nothing or very little. It is not likely that the FDA would let a drug that turned into poison out on the streets...

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: cirrhosis
Yes, they're festering in your stomach right now. Soon you will bloat and burst like a pigeon given Alka Seltzer.

:Q

 

[Zim Hosein]

Topic Title: Am I going to die?
Topic Summary: took expired Unisom tablets!!

I'm only replying to subscribe to this thread!

 

[BoomerD]

When sleeping pills expire, don't they turn into No-Doz pills?

 

[Descartes]

Nice knowing you man. Let us know what the bandwidth is like in heaven... or hell... or purgatory... or wherever you think you're going.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When sleeping pills expire, don't they turn into No-Doz pills?

:thumbsup:

 

[Kadarin]

You know that scene in Alien when the creature bursts out of the guy's stomach...?

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
You know that scene in Alien when the creature bursts out of the guy's stomach...?

I'm thinking more of the line of Spaceballs at the dinner cafe.

 

[Dirigible]

Yes, you're going to die.

No, it probably won't be from the pills.

Most expired medicine is fine, at least according to my M.D. friends.

 

[SparkyJJO]

yes, you will fitfully fall asleep, terrorized by nightmares and then physical pain as the expired drugs eat away at your insides and you'll finally wake up dead

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: Dirigible
Yes, you're going to die.

No, it probably won't be from the pills.

Most expired medicine is fine, at least according to my M.D. friends.

Hollyword medical school MD friends?

 

[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: GeneValgene
nope...in general, you can take expired medication

just need to increase the dosage to get the same effect

This is quite true - typically the expiration date on medicines are the guestimated dates for when their effectiveness has fallen to about 90% (or weakened by 10%). A general rule of thumb is, for every year the medicine passes in expiration, it loses another 10% in effectiveness. Of course this is just a ballpark figure - it may vary greatly, and in no way am I telling anyone to use expired meds.

My point is, the bulk of America's medicines "expire" before they are used, and manufacturers sometimes repackage these meds and send them to the needy in 3rd world countries.

In most cases this is true; however, there are some types of medications that do become more potent. Ear drops, I think, are one of those types.

OP: You aren't going to die. You will live another day to come back and visit us here at ATOT.

 

[Powermoloch]

if you're REALLY worried. Try call the poison control center or something like that.

 

[BrianH1]

dealy beloved we are gathered here today

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: zanieladie
In most cases this is true; however, there are some types of medications that do become more potent. Ear drops, I think, are one of those types.

Who uses ear drops, though?

 

[kinev]

Originally posted by: BrianH1
dealy beloved we are gathered here today

wait....isn't that for weddings?

HAHAHAHA. Freudian slip. You know, when you say one thing, but you really mean amother.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Guess you'll find out when/if you wake up.

IF he wakes up.