Beyond the Expiration Stamp: What the Science and Your Pharmacist Actually Say About Older Medications
Expiration dates on prescription bottles are widely misunderstood, leading millions of Americans to discard medications that may still be fully effective—or, in some cases, to use drugs that have genuinely degraded. A closer look at FDA regulations, military-funded stability research, and clinical pharmacology reveals a far more nuanced picture than the simple date stamp suggests.