Is it okay to take expired aspirin?

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asked Dec 28, 2021 in Other- Health by 4ksuus (1,180 points)
Is it okay to take expired aspirin?

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answered Dec 29, 2021 by liana (38,450 points)
It is okay to take expired aspirin.

Expired aspirin is safe to take although it's less effective after it's expired.

Aspirin works best when you take it before expiration but even after the aspirin has expired it's not harmful to take the aspirin.

However even though expired aspirin is safe to take it can be nasty tasting to take the expired aspirin.

As the aspirin gets further and further past it's expiration date it can take on bad smells and chemical changes which makes the aspirin taste bad.

There's nothing dangerous about taking expired aspirin and I have taken some aspirin that has been expired for 5 years.

Although it was less effective it was still okay to take.

If you need to dispose of aspirin you can throw it in the trash, flush it down the toilet, bury it in the ground or take it to a drug take back program.

Your pharmacy or drug store may have an option to take back expired medicines including aspirin.

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