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Expired oxycodone? Please help.?

I have a pretty messed up ankle got metal screws in there and multiple surgeries. It's been causing me a lot of pain and I ran out of my pain meds and came across some of my old oxycodones. The expiration date was almost two years ago. Do they go bad or do they just lose there potency? I just want to take one.

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  • 9 years ago
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    Two years out means the prescription was filled three years ago. (All prescription drugs in the US are now marked as "expiring" one year after the prescription-fill date, or sooner if so marked by the manufacturer. Of course the drug that works on day 364 doesn't suddenly become unsafe or ineffective on day 366. Deterioration also depends on storage conditions such as temperature and humidity.)

    Three year old oxycodone may be weaker than when new. It is not likely to be unsafe as long as you don't try to take more than the proper dose to make up for any possible loss of potency. See the discussion in the Source below.

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    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    Why don't you go to a pain management center? It is not a good idea to take expired meds. The potency is gone.

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    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    it is rather, for particular, risk-free. The pharm. companies write the expiration dates as though the pills would be contained in rather the worst circumstances. Expiration date's selection counting on how the guy shops the pills, yet whilst the guy is ordinary; and shops them as any ordinary guy or woman could, the pills will final an prolonged time. in case you do not intend to take them appropriate now, stuff a cotton ball interior the bottle, and which would be certain they final even longer.

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