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Originally Posted by Graebarde
I recently read an article about DOD's SLEP (shelf life extension program) for medicines. They were discarding millions of dollars in meds when the 'recommended' shelf life was reached from their war stocks. They did studies, and these have been going on for over ten years, which has found MOST medicine is still uesable years after the 'recommended' shelf life date.
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The father of one of my best friends is a pharmacist (in New Zealand), and told me this many years ago. Mostly it is government rules that puts the 'best before' date on it, but he said most things are usable to use for quite some time thereafter. He said topical medicines and the like are still useable for several years after BBD, but he said best not to test the theory on internal medicines. T2K would alter that risk profile on choices, I think, but gives a few more options
