AboutDr Alan Galbraith Expertise I can answer most questions on drugs, both medical and "recreational". Answers can be given in either technical or layperson terminology. My main areas of interest are psychiatric, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular drugs.
Experience I have been a university lecturer/head of department for almost thirty years, but am now retired. My research interests were alcohol, smoking and cardiovascular disease.
Organizations Institute of Biology, London.
Publications Author of "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" 5th Edition published in November 2007 by Pearson Education, Australia.
Question My son has some expired amoxicillan. Date is 12/16/06 a month old. Would this medicine still be able to be used? Would it still be effective? What are the risks of an adult using this medicine?
Answer Dear Joseph
Amoxycillin in liquid form deteriorates very quickly even when refrigerated. Please throw it down the drain as it will be useless as an antibiotic. Whether or not it would be dangerous or not is a matter of conjecture.
