18 Jun 2024

Shower Thoughts: Is it bad to take expired medication?

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 18 June 2024

Have you ever had a burning question in the back of your mind that you just can't find the answer for, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought.

That's a Shower Thought, and here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakeable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight's question: Do the use by dates on the side of our medications really mean anything, do medicines actually go off?

To help us answer this question pharmacist, owner of Sanders Pharmacy in Te Awamutu, and founding member of advocacy group Prescription Access Initiative Gemma Perry speaks to Emile Donovan.

Senior woman taking vitamins with water. (Photo by CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / NEW / Science Photo Library via AFP)

Photo: CAIA IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY