Yo Les, you graduated with a chemistry degree, right? If so, you might know a bit about drugs, right? (if not, I'll ask anyways), but do you know what happens to drugs after their expiration date? Do they become dangerous to take, or just lose their potency? All I have is old drugs here, and I'm still taking them. Any side effects?
And if anybody else has an answer, please tell me.
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Are you saying i'm not as good as a pharmacist Joe?
You silly thing ryan... had you told me yesterday i would of thrown some drugs into your package that i sent you yesterday.
Tylenol is made from acetaminophen, which is another name for paracetemol. Don't bother asking about paracetemol...apparently that's only a commonwealth term for it.
" In Japan they also call this drug by the US name, Acetaminophen !! So I found that I could buy it at the pharmacy by asking for Acetaminophen ( the dictionary lists this as the katakana pronunciation ????????? ) " (from another website)
If you ask for that you should have no problem.
There is actually no hard and fast rule. Depends on the drug and depends on how it was stored and where it was stored before it expired. There are drugs that have been stored in high humidity and heat in africa that are still fine after 25 years... but some drugs are highly unstable and i wouldn't risk it if you depend on it to live or other important things. ie heart medication or birthcontrol.
This is not my recommendation but you could probably eat the tylenol and be fine. It's a fairly stable drug. Though it it's been stored dodgily then please dont. I'd like you to still be alive before my package gets there.
Ryan would you like me to send you up some tylenol? I've been to the post office everyday this week and if i'm allowed to send it via the postal system (japan has some funky no import laws) i'll do it later this week.
Now for everyones interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol
You silly thing ryan... had you told me yesterday i would of thrown some drugs into your package that i sent you yesterday.
Tylenol is made from acetaminophen, which is another name for paracetemol. Don't bother asking about paracetemol...apparently that's only a commonwealth term for it.
" In Japan they also call this drug by the US name, Acetaminophen !! So I found that I could buy it at the pharmacy by asking for Acetaminophen ( the dictionary lists this as the katakana pronunciation ????????? ) " (from another website)
If you ask for that you should have no problem.
There is actually no hard and fast rule. Depends on the drug and depends on how it was stored and where it was stored before it expired. There are drugs that have been stored in high humidity and heat in africa that are still fine after 25 years... but some drugs are highly unstable and i wouldn't risk it if you depend on it to live or other important things. ie heart medication or birthcontrol.
This is not my recommendation but you could probably eat the tylenol and be fine. It's a fairly stable drug. Though it it's been stored dodgily then please dont. I'd like you to still be alive before my package gets there.
Ryan would you like me to send you up some tylenol? I've been to the post office everyday this week and if i'm allowed to send it via the postal system (japan has some funky no import laws) i'll do it later this week.
Now for everyones interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol
Last edited by Melana on Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
http://www.gaijinpot.com/bb/showthread.php?t=11441
The translation of the katakana isn't working on aura... so there is the link of it ok?
BTW i'm so sorry it took so long to tell you. Ben usually would tell me if something interesting was up here to look at.
next time you need a drug ryan. look for the active ingredient and then translate it to the katakana and see how you go.
I found it pretty easy googling it to find what i have.
oh... and no hun did not graduate from a chemistry degree.
The translation of the katakana isn't working on aura... so there is the link of it ok?
BTW i'm so sorry it took so long to tell you. Ben usually would tell me if something interesting was up here to look at.
next time you need a drug ryan. look for the active ingredient and then translate it to the katakana and see how you go.
I found it pretty easy googling it to find what i have.
oh... and no hun did not graduate from a chemistry degree.
Last edited by Melana on Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:30 am, edited 1 time in total.
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