{"id":5800,"date":"2017-02-06T10:03:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2017-02-06T10:03:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:03:55","slug":"when-old-medicine-goes-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5800","title":{"rendered":"When Old Medicine Goes Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Most of us have reached for a painkiller, at one time or another, only to discover the date on the label shows it has expired. But what does an &#8220;expiration&#8221; date on medicine really mean? Is it dangerous if you take it anyway? Less effective? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/02\/06\/513254232\/when-old-medicine-goes-bad?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=42009788&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--wtNMFhsDmdfZ6WFjIDvTfNpEt6kk7Qq7GF4ztA-79ypNIJTDmCPTU70WTJWra6F2IUJi6w7UNRwVMw9OgyCIkruYskA&amp;_hsmi=42009788\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) Most of us have reached for a painkiller, at one time or another, only to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5801,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}