But they don’t always mean that the medication stops working after that date
If your medicine has expired, do not use it
One class of drugs you shouldn’t use past their expiration date are antibiotics, Dr
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For drugs, the expiration date is the date of certainty of potency of the drug
In a more extensive study, the drug giant Sandoz analyzed 122 drugs and found that 88% of them were safe to use more than 5
Drug expiration extension dates on products have ranged from 12 months to 184 months (over 15 years)
In general, it is not recommended to take medications that have past their expiration date, including aspirin, as there is the potential that they are not as effective as they once were
Thus, the expiry date doesn’t necessarily indicate when a medication is no longer effective or has become unsafe
Some sunscreens include an expiration date — the date when they're no longer effective
That being said, most meds are still safe to take and retain at least 70-80% of their potency even 1-2 years after opening
Amoxicillin suspension is different and has a very short shelf life of about 7-10 days once it is prepared
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Eat within 2 weeks (unopened) or 1 week (opened) when refrigerated; within 1 month when frozen
If you are unsure of your medication’s expiration date, you can find it using the batch number on its outer carton and matching it to the list
The longer ibuprofen is past the listed expiration date, the more likely it is to have begun breaking down
It's true the effectiveness of a drug may decrease over time, but much of the original potency still remains even a decade after the expiration date