Comments on: Many prescription pharmaceuticals retain their full potency for decades beyond their manufacturer-ascribed expiration dates

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:51:41 +0000

Yes, the usual measures should work. Keep them in a cool, dark, dry place.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:34:41 +0000

Are there any simple, easy to perform, steps to help prescription drugs last longer such as refrigeration?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:10:06 +0000

Very interesting.

By: Lu An Li

Lu An Li — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:58:42 +0000

I am not sure but this article the U. S. Army did some years ago and did conclude the shelf life of pharma tends to be much longer than labeled. You might well guess the army has warehouses stockpiled with all sorts of medications.

Quite a cost saving measure if true. Rather than just throw out whole shelves full of pills and replace by life date on label.

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:08:47 +0000

They compare these 8 drugs’ contents to the FDA’s current content requirements. Not to the contents of actual drugs at the time these drugs were made – which contents may have varied as much as these 8′s.

And only 8 types of drugs is an anecdote, not “truth”.

But they acknowledge all this.

Question is: How much drugs are tossed out because they’ve aged out, either at the pharmacy or warehouse or home?

By: Gavin Longmuir

Gavin Longmuir — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:50:44 +0000

28 to 40 years ago, those medications were made in the US. Today, the active ingredients in most medications come either directly from China or indirectly from China through India, which much less US insight & control of the manufacturing process.

Might that affect the conclusion about extending the shelf life?