Can u still take them even if they have expired?
Does amoxicillin expire? Are they safe to take after?
Question posted by obamaobama on 7 Nov 2012
Last updated on 28 August 2019 by Majenaalexis
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Majenaalexis
28 Aug 2019
I have a problem my son is sick with a fever and cough I'm disabled I can't go to the store at 3 in the morning to buy anything where I live at I have much to send it in my fridge it's about a year old maybe give or take some do I still give it to him
Smoore21
20 April 2019
Ok my 2 year old got amoxicillin on the 1st of April for strep today is the nineteenth an he acts like his throat hurts
Chuntay landers
11 Nov 2017
Don't know
kaismama
7 Nov 2012
It is best to see the dr and get what he prescribes. How do you know you have a bacterial infection? How do you know if amoxicillin is the appropriate antibiotic for it? With Amoxicillin taking expired ones would just mean they might not work, other antibiotics, like the tetracyclines can actually cause kidney damage if they are old. Also, if you have amoxicillin at home it means 2 things, you didn't take all of them like you should have when they were first prescribed, and you don't have enough to do a full course of meds now. Both can lead to resistant strains of bacteria.
justaboutmeds9
10 Oct 2016
Because i have a crazy lung infection got prescribed amoxicillin and it helped but only lasted 2 weeks with no refill and I could feel my right lung starting to stop working again. I have old amoxicillin and can't get to the Dr for at least a week and I don't want to go off the antibiotic and have it come back just as bad but be resistant to the antibiotic
Inactive
7 Nov 2012
Yes you can but as to how effective the Amoxicillin will do its job is debateable. See this detailed article on drug expiration dates.
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