Can I use an inhaler that expired a year ago if I can't get my doctor to call in a new prescription tonight?

I'd say use it sj. I'm horrible at looking at the dates on my inhalers.

Yeah, I don't use my inhaler often enough to finish it before it expires usually. I'd use what's on hand until it can be replaced.

Connie - Sending tons of ~ma to your husband and you.

{{{Emeline and Aims}}} Bullying sucks. Shane has already has his first experience of it and it was a heartbreaker. He's only 4! I hope things improve. (If you're interested, here's what happened with Shane: [link]

sj, the worst that can happen is it won't help you, which just leaves you where you are right now. IOW, it won't make anything worse. And it's entirely possible it's still good.

Oh, sj, I just read something on a doctor's forum that said expired meds won't hurt you, they just may not be as effective.

I've been taking 2011 cold medicine all week. Not dead yet.

Thanks, everyone. I think the last little spray I got out of my current inhaler helped, but I'll use the expired one if I need to tonight. I fail at adulthood today. We were shelving at the library bookstore today, when we came across some books that must have come from a house where they smoked cigars on a regular basis. My throat started to itch and by the time I left and got out to my car my chest was tight. I went straight to the pharmacy, but my prescription expired. I'm guessing that the on call doctor does not take prescription calls, so he/she is just not calling me back.

For a rescue inhaler that's unconscionable.

I don't get why an on-call doc wouldn't take prescription calls. Isn't that one of the reasons you call?

If you're interested, here's what happened with Shane

Franny went through something very similar at her first school. It lasted the whole time she was there. But I never thought of it as bullying in her case. I thought of it as girls trying--and failing--to negotiate their friendships, their own power, their feelings of powerlessness. And I thought of it as sometimes girls are mean girls, and that my girl was on the short end much of the time. It was heartbreaking sometimes, and she went from heartbroken to more self-defined as the years went on. But as with your Shane, she also got a lot out of the friendships and truly liked those girls. While I honestly think most of those girls were good kids who will grow into good women, I am so so glad that she has forged new friendships and left those girls behind.