My wife religiously reviews the expiration dates of all medications in our cabinets before giving these to any member in our family. One day over the stamped date and out it goes.
Some studies have shown that the drugs in our medicine cabinets are much more stable than their printed expiration dates. I remember one study that discovered a stash of presriptions drugs in an old WWII fallout shelter. Those drugs were tested and were as stable as the day they left the factory 50 years prior.
Dov Michaeli MD PhD a basic researcher and writing at the Doctor Weighs In, contributes to to the topic of expiration dates in his article Some Thoughts on Expiration Dates.
