Expiration date on Ephedrine, and can it be used?

[JohnDoe999]

I have a lot of old 30 mg ephedrine pills that I have not used. Some are as old as 2004, some are from 2007/early 2008.

Can I use these pills?

What happens when ephedrine gets old? Do they just loose some, or all, of their effects?

 

[TrainHard]

I'm just as bad as you, gots lots of those older pills as well, they are sealed in a dry place, and I still use them from time to time. Key word is if they were stored in a dry place, and they should be okay.

 

[bigbench]

The general rule of thumb on supps is if they were stored correctly will lose between 5-10% potency every year they are expired. With ephedrine, the degridation can also translate into the capsule which might result in some heart burn as the pill could begin dissolving on its way down vs in the stomach like it should

 

[JohnDoe999]

The general rule of thumb on supps is if they were stored correctly will lose between 5-10% potency every year they are expired. With ephedrine, the degridation can also translate into the capsule which might result in some heart burn as the pill could begin dissolving on its way down vs in the stomach like it should

Thanks

... but now you are talking about capsules, right? Where you can see the powder, and the powder falls out when you break the capsule by hand?

What I have is only solid tablets, so the problem is not applicable to those. Right?

 

[RobertD]

the military did a study once and tested Rx drugs that were 10+ years old and found that they all had 100% potency, basically as long as the supps/drugs were stored in a dry, cool place out of any light they are fine.