I’m just wondering what wisdom is out there about how much of a concern it might be to be using up a supply of expensive yet important meds (eg, Orgovyx) beyond their official expiration date. Just very slightly less potent or dangerously ineffective?
Oh, I now see that this has been discussed on the forum before. Considering alternating use of ‘fresh’ and ‘expired’.
Like most expiration dates, the product doesn't know it's time to expire however it all depends on what the product is manufactured from.... generally, pills can be consumed after the expiration date but I probably wouldn't go beyond 6 months IMHO.
He might not be but I play one on TV. From Harvard the results of a study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date. So, the expiration date doesn't really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or has become unsafe to use.
I restarted abiraterone acetate after a longish medication holiday. Had bottles with expiration dates over a year old. They worked just fine.
15 years could be ok for some stable activ substances, but not all. Depends also from the storage. For the new active substance we dont really know it s just a projection that is done in the factory with different way s of storage and then compare the results. 6 month over the date is ok i think for any substance
Btw i m farmacist and chemist, i often ask this expire datas directly to the producer
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A study of oral non-liquid medications done years ago by the well respected "Medical Letter" concluded that all of them have full potency and are safe for one year post expiration dates.
An interesting article on expiration dates. The answer seems to be dependent on the formulation. Anywhere from a day or two to 20 years. Solid (pill) forms seem to be the longest.
drugs.com/article/drug-expi...
Yes, pills almost always have a coating that seals and preserves the medication.
The pharmaceutical companies are required to do "stability tests" showing that time doesn't degrade the medication in the form it is taken by patients. The test's length is required by the FDA. It ends there. The FDA requirements have been met. More testing to determine how much longer before the product begins to lose potency or is possibly altered didn't happen in my experience.
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Okay...... but not all at once...... (if they're flavored put them on your ice cream cones)....
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I raised some potatoes and corn does that make me a farmacist?
Depends on the size of your Pestle............
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A study done at the request of the US military found 90% of drugs perfectly fine even 15 years after their expiration date. Liquid medications did worse than pills.
maybe with bread and chicken but not drugs that you don’t know if they work when new.
FDA Detained my package of meds.
Opiate use
change in meds?
Sick of the meds
Xtandi starting meds
