01-18-2020, 11:27 AM
I recently took some medicine that was made and originally opened in the 1900's. It worked as well as when I bought it. If medicine isn't crumbling, discolored (as if I can remember original color?) or otherwise raises any red flags I'm in no hurry to throw it out.
"Aspirin always works, everything else too, and none have ever made me ill"
Digressing comment coming but still on topic: A friend of ours works for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. While all the opiates etc get the press for pain pills the golden standard for pain management is aspirin: when they are evaluating the efficacy of new drugs the comparison they use for effectiveness is basically the same formula of aspirin from 1899 which varies little from salicylic teas that date back to 400 BC (opium was also used in antiquity). I've found that the lowest dose aspirin pills (usually 81mg, though sometimes I have to take 2-3 of them) are more effective at pain management than anything a doctor can prescribe. The downside to aspirin is that some people cannot take it due to stomach problems or they are on blood thinners etc. Basically pain management has become more EXPENSIVE over time but little has been invented in over 2,000 years that is any better than what came before it.
"Aspirin always works, everything else too, and none have ever made me ill"
Digressing comment coming but still on topic: A friend of ours works for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. While all the opiates etc get the press for pain pills the golden standard for pain management is aspirin: when they are evaluating the efficacy of new drugs the comparison they use for effectiveness is basically the same formula of aspirin from 1899 which varies little from salicylic teas that date back to 400 BC (opium was also used in antiquity). I've found that the lowest dose aspirin pills (usually 81mg, though sometimes I have to take 2-3 of them) are more effective at pain management than anything a doctor can prescribe. The downside to aspirin is that some people cannot take it due to stomach problems or they are on blood thinners etc. Basically pain management has become more EXPENSIVE over time but little has been invented in over 2,000 years that is any better than what came before it.