Expiration dates are actually underestimated, right?

[SAF]

A friend of mine has a few bottles of Suspension that are printed with an expiration date of 2001/11. Realistically speaking, that does not the product is no longer active on November 1, 2001 12:00 AM. I'm almost positive manufacturers intentionally underestimate the actual expiration of a product, mostly for legal reasons, among other things. Do you guys agree? Also, how long after the printed expiration date does would the product become inactive?

SAF

 

[gilly6993-recreatedbygeorge]

It's probably still good. Things just don't become inactivated, they lose their potency over time. Seeing as it "expired" in Nov it should still be good.

 

[gwl9dta4]

i asked a pharmacist about that and here is the answer i got.


"the expiration date shows the ammount of time, under normal conditions, that it will take for a given drug to loose 5% of it's potency"


So there you have it. It does not spoil like milk. It's just slightly weaker. Then supposedly every year you can subtract another 2.5% of it's potency.

My 2 CC'S.

 

[TxLonghorn]

It's still good after expiration date, just maybe not as 'potent'. Gear doesn't go bad like milk or your ex-gf after the expiration date.

 

[Quadsweep]

Keep it in a cool dark place and I have heard you can use it years after it expires

 

[SAF]

Yeah, that's what I thought, but I needed some assurance

SAF