Why Does My Clindamycin Have An Expiration Date Four Years

My prescription clindamycin has an expiration date of four years from today is that right? 300 mg

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Hello, Luna! How are you?

Is it in a regular dispensing bottle from your pharmacy, or was it in the original factory bottle?

The original factory sealed bottles have a longer expiration date, but that should change once it has been opened.

Did you try asking your pharmacist?

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Thank you for your reply, it is a pharmacy bottle not a manufacture bottle. Why would a pharmacist after opening the manufacture bottle not calculate the life span of the clindamycin?

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Can Clindamycin HCL 300 be used one year past the use by date

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I have a bottle of clindamycin hcl 300 mg dated 1/20/12. My husband could not take them when they were prescribed because they made him sick. I have a severe tooth infection and cannot afford to go to the doctor. Can I take this medicine or is it dangerous. The bottle has been sealed and in a drawer. I have taken other antibiotics that were several years old that work and never had a problem, but am not as familiar with this drug. I know it it definitely used for tooth infections and I am not allergic to any medicines.

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How did it work out? I have 300mg that is about 2 yrs past expiration date but I have another bad tooth ache. I went to the dentist monday and after asking for this med, I got amoxicellin..oh and qty6 of 800mg motrin. Just want to kmow if this worked. The 300mg was a little hard on my stomach from the beginning so I am not sure how to tell if its working.

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