Is It Safe Five Year Old Prescription Meds?

Mackmizzled

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Oh crap, I wish I had known this before I took some. I took two Cipro on Friday, and one yesterday. I will not dare take another one. I just pray that I haven't damaged my kidneys. Thankfully, I was able to sleep good last night, and woke up to urinate after 5 hours instead of 2.
 
with espescially the type of anti B that cipro actually is and all of the possible side effects casued by even taking it fresh,i would NOT take anymore at this point. cipro is kind of a whole different ballganme when it comes to possible very strong types of side effects. i really DO think just given your description of your onging symptoms that you just have to bite the bullit here and at least see your doc for an initial visit to get the best eval and to possibly obtain NEW rxes for something that may help. the expiration dates of your meds are just wayy too in the past to really be even stable anymore. its just the more that time passes with any Rx type med or even OTC med, it just changes in composistion and creates an unknown type of instability that can cause even worse side effects than the condition you are trying to actually treat,you know what i mean?

i seriously would make an appt with your primray here to get this looked into and evaluated(along with a full physical if it has been a while, since you are paying for this anyways). when it comes to our health, we just sometimes have to go this route. most docs offices are more than willling to work out a payment plan of some kind considering how many people are currently without health ins. they did this for my oldest son when he had issues that just HAD to be treated. you can always ask for any free med samples if you get Rxed something too. alot of docs actually save their freebies for the most needed types of patients who don't happen to currently have health ins. they just get tons of them like daily from alot of different drug reps. always ask about that if you need an Rx for anything. just a suggestion for ya.

but DO make that appt soon and get this checked out. in some cases,depending upon a particular condition or illness,the longer you put it off,the much more higher the overall amout of money you end up paying simply because the situation was left untreated. it is almost always cheaper to get something hit as soon as pssible vs waiting til it becomes a more involved or in depth type of situation that it would not have been had it been found much earlier and treated then,you know what i mean? i do hope this is nothng serious, but DO get it checked out, and also stay out of the old medicine chest with the really old meds. get rid of them. please let us know just whatyou find out. FB
 
Well the problem with something like this is that it is not easy to diagnose. I would be looking at numerous blood and urine tests, xrays, maybe a MRI, probably causing me to be in debt the rest of my life. And could they really tell me 100% that my kidneys are fine?

While there is no cost on your health, there is a danger of fear letting things get out of control. They could run every test in the book ,and I still walk way not 100% sure if I'm ok.

I let fear get to me two years ago and I let the doctor admit me to the hospital because I was severely constipation. After a 10,000 in charges, they couldn't find anything wrong. It was ruled as stress related, the fear went away, and my bowels started working again.

I almost never go to the doctor, find out exactly what is wrong and get treated. It's always guess work. So I'm gonna just stay in a holding pattern for now. Hopefully, 3 pills of Cipro is not enough to affect my body.
 
txdave.. all it takes is a urine test to determine if you have a bladder infection. They will give you fresh antibiotics and then you can go from there. If it clears up, you have your answer, if it doesn't they keep treating you with more, even if the infection went to the kidneys. Get to a doctor because if it DOES go to the kidneys and stays there for awhile you will be hurting a lot more than for medical debt.
 
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