Effective After Expiration Date
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Medications lose effectiveness after their expiration date and should be discarded.
i have a perscribtion bottle that the docter has perscribed to me on 11/19/08 and the use before date gives me 11/18/09. i want to know if i take that medication will it affect me im feeling bodey ach . the perscribed medication is tramadol.
Re: Verwon (# 1)
Wrong. The expiration date just guarantees potency by the manufacturer, usually 2 years from date of manufacture. At one time only applied to antibiotics. Gov. couldn't find anything else to control so off to the races. Took a Darvocet-N 100 yesterday that had a 1994 expiration date. Got relief.
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