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The prescription will specify the time period; if not, it's "until they run out" (note that they should be discarded once they reach their expiration date, but this is for health rather than legal reasons).
If you keep getting prescriptions, you can take them essentially as long as you live. There's no hard and fast time limit like "you can only take Vicodin for three years, and then it becomes illegal." The fact that a physician must prescribe them for you is considered a sufficient restriction against abuse.
Note that a physician may not be able to supply you with an open-ended prescription (i.e. "refill as needed"), but you don't really need to worry about that; it's the physicians job to limit the number of refills.
You take the prescribed drugs as Directed by your physician with any advice from your pharmacist. All prescription medications should be appropriately discarded a year after being filled unless otherwise stated. But legally if you possess a validly filled prescription you can legally take it.
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Prescription drugs are safe to take when driving is safe as long as prescribed by a doctor?
are always okay to take when driving as long as they are prescribed by a doctor
What is the legal age for taking drugs?
There is no legal age to take drugs. Hence the name "illegal drugs". It doesn't matter what age a person is, drugs are illegal unless prescribed by a doctor. Marijuana is legal medically in very few states and illegal for fun everywhere.
Is it safe to take serequel with vicodin?
I'm assuming you were prescribed these drugs or will be prescribed these drugs by a doctor.. That's who you should be asking.
What happens when you take drugs that are legal?
It depends if you are talking about prescription medication. Even though it is sold legally, it is illegal to use it to get high. If you are talking about legal buds, then it would be like smoking cigarettes just with the feeling of being high.
Is the pill ineffective after a few years?
No, it stays the same as long as the drugs are within the expiration date and you take them as prescribed.
Are legal drugs better then illegal drugs?
it depends what they are some legal drugs are if u take enough but there more of a risk of dying then illegal drugs, for example k2 is legal pot is not as good as the illegal but if u take enough it can be equal but your not prescribed enough to do that. Legal drugs, like prescriptions, can be just as addictive and harmful as illegal drugs. Some sources say that prescription medications are more harmful because they easily attainable, can be less expensive, and they aren't illegal to own if they're your own. However, more and more people are overdosing and entering rehab facilities because of their own medications. If you aren't taking medications as prescribed or are mixing them with other medications then they are most definitely just as dangerous as illegal drugs.
Should you take drugs?
You shouldn't take drugs unless they are prescribed to you by a doctor, or something OTC and used properly.
When is it all right to take drugs?
NEVER When the drugs are prescribed by your doctor to treat a disease or condition you have.
When is it all right take drugs?
NEVER When the drugs are prescribed by your doctor to treat a disease or condition you have.
Should i take steriods at 27 weeks pregnant?
You should take steroids at 27 weeks pregnant if they are prescribed by your doctor for inflammation. You should not take illegal drugs or any other drugs not prescribed by your doctor.
Why do you have to take perscritption drugs?
The need to take prescribed drugs is as we don't know whether the non-prescribed drugs will be a good one to clear their illness and also we don't know whether that drug only used for our illness in the body.
Should you take drugs while in school?
Not unless a doctor prescribed them.
