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Is it safe to take an expired antihistamine drug? i found a box that expired a year ago in my medicine cabinet. thanks.

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Antihistamine: Expired medicine most likely loses its potency.

Answered 4/28/2019

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