Posted by Grouch on August 29, 2001, at 22:07:35
In reply to Re: expired meds » Shelley, posted by Cam W. on August 29, 2001, at 16:59:26
> Factors, such as: how the med was stored (on your shelf, in the pharmacy, and at the wholesaler); or how long the med was on the pharmacy shelf (unless there is an actual expiry date on the presription bottle).Another complicating factor is that the "expiration date" on the prescription bottle is probably not the real expiration date; i.e. the date on the original packaging for the medication.
Looking at my prescription bottles, for example,
they all have a "discard after" date which is arbitrarily set to one year after the date the prescription was filled. I would assume that the pharmacy doesn't want to be liable for people using expired medication so they are probably conservative with that date. Nevertheless, there's really no way of knowing for sure.
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