Taking expired medications may not seem like a big deal, but Dr. Jamie Winn, a pharmacist and medical director at Universal Drugstore, tells The Post that some of them can do serious damage to your ...

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Medications can lose potency or won’t be as effective for treating a condition after expiration. Some medications become toxic after expiration. Because of this, critical medications, such as insulin, ...

They aren’t meant to be suggestions. Expiration dates on medications matter. They’re clearly marked. Drugs, like food, have a shelf life. Sterling Elliott is a clinical pharmacist with Northwestern ...

How many bottles of unused or expired medication do you have in your medicine cabinet right now? Like leftover antibiotics or other prescriptions — or unused cold medicine or NSAIDs. So, when you have ...

When it comes to expired medications, the main concern is often reduced effectiveness rather than toxicity. According to James Reissig, a pharmacist at University Hospitals, most medications lose ...