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The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
ProPublica ^ | July 18, 2017 | Marshall Allen

Posted on 07/20/2017 7:35:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Waste not, want not bump


21 posted on 07/20/2017 8:08:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (They said what's down is up, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
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To: 43north

How is it sour creme has an expiration date? It’s sour already!


22 posted on 07/20/2017 8:09:30 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Diapason
Epinephrine is different. It visibly deteriorates. If you find an old vial or ampoule (as used in resuscitation), especially if exposed to light, you will see brown chunks in it.

The other drug that goes bad reliably is nitroglycerine in tablet form.

Angina patients can tell if it is potent when they take it.

The old pills don't work as well.

I welcome this kind of study, because homeless shelters and medical missions get drugs all the time that mainstream retailers are legally unable to sell because of the expiration date; nevertheless the mission workers would like to know if they are still actually potent and safe.

23 posted on 07/20/2017 8:10:34 PM PDT by caddie
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To: Sequoyah101

“...She also takes pans with minor amount of food in them out to the yard to dump them. ...”

My wife dumps old cooking oil and stuff on a board out by the wood pile. I saw an ancient opossum licking on it. It could hardly move, but that kept it alive. I started chucking bread and veggies down off the deck. I don’t like feeding animals, but in their senior years ... ???


24 posted on 07/20/2017 8:10:54 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Don W

I’ll bet she thinks we have government schools because parents and teachers got together and devised the best possible system to make sure that all children get a quality education and an equal start in life.

I’ll bet she thinks we have evening news on TV because the networks know that our institutions can best protect our freedom when we have an informed citizenry.


25 posted on 07/20/2017 8:10:58 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Augie; Don W

Here’s a good laugh for you...

I just looked at the table next to my desk where I keep my vitamins and supplements.
I have there a bottle of Braggs’ raw, unpasteurized cider vinegar “with the Mother.”

You guessed it - it has a “freshness date” on it!

I have to hurry up because according to this I only have till May of 2022.
I guess after that date, it (along with the sour cream) will “go good.”


26 posted on 07/20/2017 8:12:58 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Don W

Isomers aren’t always so stable.


27 posted on 07/20/2017 8:13:58 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Diapason

“I wonder about Epipen.”

I’ve kept clear glass ampules of 1:1000 epinephrine in my emergency kit in the past. Not too long after the expiration dates they turned a nasty dark brown color. I didn’t have a way to test them so I tossed them. Epinephrine can be a critical life-saving drug that may mean the difference between life and death in an emergency.

Probably should dispose of expired Epi-pens too (which are one of the biggest rip-offs in the world. What would you expect from a pharmaceutical company run by a big-time hillary supporter?)


28 posted on 07/20/2017 8:15:11 PM PDT by 43north (Inside every leftist is a totalitarian fascist thug waiting to get out.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I want to comment but am so horrified that I can’t think of anything to say except that I feel your wife’s pain.

My husband’s food safety practices were appalling. Thankfully he changed...in my presence, anyway.


29 posted on 07/20/2017 8:15:18 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a bottle of 13 year old Tylenol that seems to work fine.


30 posted on 07/20/2017 8:15:31 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Before I got married, if lunchmeat felt slimy, I’d rinse it off...

Let me guess: Now that you're married, you find that the slime actually tastes pretty good.

31 posted on 07/20/2017 8:15:32 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Nailbiter; BartMan1; Forecaster

ping


32 posted on 07/20/2017 8:18:00 PM PDT by IncPen (Progressivism is in perpetual need of an enemy against which to refresh its outrage.)
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To: TChad; aMorePerfectUnion

I always thought the slime helped spices stick to the meat.


33 posted on 07/20/2017 8:19:11 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: central_va

Same with yogurt. How can spoiled milk be expired? (OK, maybe if there’s penicillin mold growing on it but maybe not.) I’ve eaten sealed containers of yogurt that were 3-4 months past expiration and though the flavor had a little more ZING than fresh-dated stuff it was fine.


34 posted on 07/20/2017 8:31:59 PM PDT by 43north (Inside every leftist is a totalitarian fascist thug waiting to get out.)
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To: Diapason

“It would be nice if they didn’t have to be replaced annually.”

They don’t. As long as the liquid hasn’t turned dark they’re fine. If you read the fine print even the thieving manufacturer says so.

L


35 posted on 07/20/2017 8:35:08 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gee I wonder how many million$ drug companies make by encouraging us to clean out our medicine cabinets?
It’s like Murphy’s Law, the week after I throw out an antibiotic, I’ll wish I had it.


36 posted on 07/20/2017 9:04:09 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I was about to post my story about my wisdom tooth, three year-old Oxycodone and my research about the defense department hiring the FDA to investigate the true shelf life of drugs, but I’ve had too much wine tonight.

Maybe tomorrow.


37 posted on 07/20/2017 9:10:52 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: central_va

Gets moldy and gross


38 posted on 07/20/2017 9:11:24 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Very good, perceptive article that can lead to a lot of further research on “drug expiration dates” and possibly to great financial savings as well as “drug” donations.

During the Vietnam war, a lot of us donated small soap bar pieces to be reprocessed and sent to our guys in S. Vietnam and to charities who worked on health issues there.

I watched people wash their clothes in the canals, get drinking water for it, wash themselves in it, and possibly relieve themselves in or near it [Don’t ask me about the cesspool outside of fake VC leader Madame Binh’s “Little Red School” headquarters. It’s enough to make you puke” - Ben Tre City, Khien Hoa Province, Nov. 1970).

Soap donations helped many orphanages and “chosen” schools (i.e. those helped by American forces in the area).

Cambodia was even worse.

My sister died in March and we found a lot of both old and new medicines in her medicine chest. We had to get rid of all of them. This often included medicines she had an allergic reaction to on the first or second pill. Therefor 28 or more often were trashed.

THIS IS PURE STUPIDITY. When a nearly acquired drug is not used up, it should be recycled through a medical processing group that checks its ingredients and potency for viability.
Then they should certified as usable and donated to local health clinics or, in the case of the doctor from Venezuela, to places where “socialist medicine” will kill you (for lack thereof).

Common sense at the FDA has been absent for far too long. It is time to get them off their asses and into the 21st Century.


39 posted on 07/20/2017 9:13:28 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Very good, perceptive article that can lead to a lot of further research on “drug expiration dates” and possibly to great financial savings as well as “drug” donations.

During the Vietnam war, a lot of us donated small soap bar pieces to be reprocessed and sent to our guys in S. Vietnam and to charities who worked on health issues there.

I watched people wash their clothes in the canals, get drinking water for it, wash themselves in it, and possibly relieve themselves in or near it [Don’t ask me about the cesspool outside of fake VC leader Madame Binh’s “Little Red School” headquarters. It’s enough to make you puke” - Ben Tre City, Khien Hoa Province, Nov. 1970).

Soap donations helped many orphanages and “chosen” schools (i.e. those helped by American forces in the area).

Cambodia was even worse.

My sister died in March and we found a lot of both old and new medicines in her medicine chest. We had to get rid of all of them. This often included medicines she had an allergic reaction to on the first or second pill. Therefor 28 or more often were trashed.

THIS IS PURE STUPIDITY. When a nearly acquired drug is not used up, it should be recycled through a medical processing group that checks its ingredients and potency for viability.
Then they should certified as usable and donated to local health clinics or, in the case of the doctor from Venezuela, to places where “socialist medicine” will kill you (for lack thereof).

Common sense at the FDA has been absent for far too long. It is time to get them off their asses and into the 21st Century.


40 posted on 07/20/2017 9:13:29 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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