Drug expiration dates - do they mean anything?

[lifeisbutadream]

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/drug-expiration-dates-do-they-mean-anything

 

[sadak_the_wanderer]

It depends on the drug. Tetracycline and its ilk do go bad, with some nasty effects if they do.

 

[Shewaitsforme]

Depends what it is, how its packaged, how its stored. Some chemical compounds breakdown over time some retain their structure. For instance if some medication is left out it with oxidise thus changing its molecular structure so it wont have the same effect

 

[lifeisbutadream]

It depends on the drug. Tetracycline and its ilk do go bad, with some nasty effects if they do.

What i read is that tetracycline is the only drug that might become dangerous if too old, and it said even that is controversial.