I washed my medicine with soap and water

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Asked for Male, 22 Years

I purchased few medicines from local medical store and washed medicine strips/packaging with handwash soap and then clean water and dried them . Packaging is good and strong . I am afraid that I made mistake as I doubt water or soap might got inside and made some kind of reaction or is this fear useless ? what should I do and is this right way to disinfect medicine strips . How to detect that water got inside and ruined the medicine . As medicine are quite expensive . Please help me out I am afraid that I wasted money or If I consume them I might get some health problems as drug became toxic . Medicine packaging is strong but still I am in doubt and afraid .

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Dr. Mitali Verma General Physician 6 yrs exp Bhiwani Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Mitali Verma

General Physician 6 yrs exp Bhiwani

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If it looks like water has seeped inside to you, then for sure the medicines are spoiled. Thebest way to disinfect medicines is just to spray some sanitizer on the top and that's it. You don't have to keep washing the medicine strips individually.

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