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Re: Some info I learned that is good for your wallet 

By: Zimbler0 in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
Sun, 17 Jan 16 9:25 PM | 96 view(s)
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Decomposed> I'm under the impression that antibiotics have a pretty limited shelf life.

http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=92040

Every type of medicine has its own particular decay rate. Usually a lot of work is put into getting a minimum of 2 years shelf life in cool dry conditions.

Most antibiotics are among the sensitive and easily denatured medicines. As proteins, or more specifically oligopeptides, they are subject to hydrolyzation, the main form of attack. Heat and moisture are the enemy.

So under tropical conditions, many can go bad in 6 months or less, while lasting a few years in good conditions.

Yeah, I've been in pharma quality control for many years.

Non-biological medicines also vary from sensitive to stable, depending on exact formulation. We have some that indicate shelf life over a thousand years. Of course we can't put that on a label, as every claim must be backed up by full term testing. Others present similar trouble as the antibiotics in being sensitive to heat and moisture.

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Re: Some info I learned that is good for your wallet
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Sat, 16 Jan 16 10:39 PM 		Msg. 02569 of 47202

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re: " They work. Whenever they get a sinus infection, or upper respiratory infection, or strept throat, they start taking the antibiotics.
And you can get your own strept throat swabs to check yourself.......

Anyway, 100 pills of cephalexin 500 MG strength is about $35.00 roughly. Free shipping...."

That's a pretty good deal. I'm tempted. If things fall apart, it would be really nice to have some antibiotics stored away.

But the abuse of antibiotics - which is what it is when people take antibiotics for every little thing including common colds that don't even respond to antibiotics - is what's breeding antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And that's killing people... by the hundreds of thousands today and by the tens of millions in the future. There's a pretty good chance it will kill some of US... the folks on this board... one day.

Antibiotics are credited with increasing human lifespans to 75 from about 50. That's not to be taken lightly.

If I had a way to store antibiotics, I could tuck them away as a last-ditch emergency item and NOT be guilty of harming other people. But is there a way to do that? I'm under the impression that antibiotics have a pretty limited shelf life. 

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