Is this medication still safe to use?

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Awk! My bad, bad memory!

Sheba was given amoxi drops (amoxicillin) several days ago. I'm supposed to be giving it to her twice a day. It is supposed to be refrigerated. I just noticed that I left it out all day today, about twelve hours. Is it still safe to use? Will it have lost its usefulness at room temperature? The temperature in the room was approximately 70 degrees all day. This isn't the first time I left it out, either, but it wasn't nearly as long last time, so I assumed it was probably still okay.

I'm wondering if I should still give it to her tonight or if I'd be better off just forgetting it. I've been giving it to her since last week when she had her anal glands expressed and had all her vaccinations on Thursday, then had a reaction to her vaccinations on Friday. (BTW, I noticed her scooting her butt on the carpet again today, so she may still have a problem there.)
 

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Originally Posted by twofatcats

Awk! My bad, bad memory!

Sheba was given amoxi drops (amoxicillin) several days ago. I'm supposed to be giving it to her twice a day. It is supposed to be refrigerated. I just noticed that I left it out all day today, about twelve hours. Is it still safe to use? Will it have lost its usefulness at room temperature? The temperature in the room was approximately 70 degrees all day. This isn't the first time I left it out, either, but it wasn't nearly as long last time, so I assumed it was probably still okay.

I'm wondering if I should still give it to her tonight or if I'd be better off just forgetting it. I've been giving it to her since last week when she had her anal glands expressed and had all her vaccinations on Thursday, then had a reaction to her vaccinations on Friday. (BTW, I noticed her scooting her butt on the carpet again today, so she may still have a problem there.)
Honestly you should go get new stuff. That and Clavamox NEED to be refrigerated!
 
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