21 Year Old With Severe Headaches, Pain In The Elbows, Wrists And Mouth. Can I Take An Expired Panadol?

Posted on Mon, 18 Mar 2013

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Question : Hello i'm 21 years old and suffering from painful headaches and i feel pain in several other parts of my body including my elbows and wrists and mouth. I would like to take a panadol to alleviate the pain however i have realized that my panadol has expired 2 years ago. Is it still safe for me to take said panadol or should i just brave it out?

Answered by Dr. Nsah Bernard (2 hours later)

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It is totally not safe to take an expired panadol. Panadol is the commercial name for paracetamol or acetamenophen and it is a medication that can be gotten OTC without prescription (most country do have that OTC). There are other brands of OTC medications that can relieve your headache.
I also suggest that if your headache and pains in other areas (as you mentioned) continue it will be a wiser decision to see a doctor as soon possible.

Hope this helps
Dr. Bernard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar