Drugs Past Their Expiration Date
Abstract
Healthcare providers are often asked if drugs can be used past their expiration date. Because of legal restrictions and liability concerns, manufacturers do not sanction such use and usually do not comment on the safety or effectiveness of their products beyond the date on the label. Since our last article on this subject,1 more data have become available.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Pharmaceutical studies and practices
Poisoning and overdose treatments
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The medical letter on drugs and therapeutics/The medical letter
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 1745
- Pages
- 5–7
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026
- Language
- EN