▲ 518 ▼ Always at 3:00 AM (i.imgur.com) submitted 3 years ago by poopgood@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 35 points 3 years ago (7 children) If poison expires it becomes safer If medicine expires it becomes poison permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] novibe@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not necessarily. Aspirin yes, paracetamol no. Some medicine also just becomes less effective, not more dangerous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago What does aspirin degrade to that's harmful? permalink fedilink source parent [–] WalterLatrans@yiffit.net 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) In the case of tetracycline antibiotics the degradation products can damage the kidneys and cause Fanconi syndrome. So in that case as a medicine for people it becomes poison, as a poison for bacteria it becomes safer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Haha that's the case I had in mind! permalink fedilink source parent [–] moup@lemmy.world [B] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If you wait long enough does poison expire and become medicine again tho? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you wait long enough it's no longer a matter of chemistry but of physics. It goes inert and/or it degrades to/along its container. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* Someone hire this guy! Nobel material. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Not necessarily. Aspirin yes, paracetamol no. Some medicine also just becomes less effective, not more dangerous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago What does aspirin degrade to that's harmful? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 3 years ago What does aspirin degrade to that's harmful? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WalterLatrans@yiffit.net 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) In the case of tetracycline antibiotics the degradation products can damage the kidneys and cause Fanconi syndrome. So in that case as a medicine for people it becomes poison, as a poison for bacteria it becomes safer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Haha that's the case I had in mind! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Haha that's the case I had in mind! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moup@lemmy.world [B] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If you wait long enough does poison expire and become medicine again tho? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you wait long enough it's no longer a matter of chemistry but of physics. It goes inert and/or it degrades to/along its container. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 3laws@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago If you wait long enough it's no longer a matter of chemistry but of physics. It goes inert and/or it degrades to/along its container. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* Someone hire this guy! Nobel material. permalink fedilink source parent