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-The shelf life of medications is a matter of dispute with no clear answer. A large study of medications stockpiled by the military for decades revealed that most had not lost potency and were still safe well past the manufacturers expiration dates((Taylor JS, Lyon RC, Prasanna HR, Hussain AS. Stability profiles of drug products extended beyond labeled expiration dates. Program and abstracts of the 2002 FDA Science Forum; February 20-21, 2002; Washington, DC. Poster Abstract, Board AC-08. Available at: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/forum02/a109ac8.htm. Accessed April 8, 2004)). There were only a few (insulin, nitroglycerin and liquid antibiotics) that lost potency. None were deemed unsafe. A [[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/472851_6|Medscape article]] reviews this study and others in greater detail.+The shelf life of medications is a matter of dispute with no clear answer. A large study of medications stockpiled by the military for decades revealed that most had not lost potency and were still safe well past the manufacturers expiration dates((Taylor JS, Lyon RC, Prasanna HR, Hussain AS. Stability profiles of drug products extended beyond labeled expiration dates. Program and abstracts of the 2002 FDA Science Forum; February 20-21, 2002; Washington, DC. Poster Abstract, Board AC-08. Available at: https://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/forum02/a109ac8.htm. Accessed April 8, 2004)). There were only a few (insulin, nitroglycerin and liquid antibiotics) that lost potency. None were deemed unsafe. A [[https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/472851_6|Medscape article]] reviews this study and others in greater detail.
  
 Although older medication may be safe to take, in this litigious society, no medical professional is going to suggest a patient takes any medication that is listed as expired. Although older medication may be safe to take, in this litigious society, no medical professional is going to suggest a patient takes any medication that is listed as expired.
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-With regard to minocycline, the medication does not appear to degrade in air via oxidation – only water in a process known as  hydrated oxidation. This is a problem with all the other MP antibiotics as well. One complication of taking antibiotics stored in a moist environment is [[http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic756.htm|Fanconi syndrome]].+With regard to minocycline, the medication does not appear to degrade in air via oxidation – only water in a process known as  hydrated oxidation. This is a problem with all the other MP antibiotics as well. One complication of taking antibiotics stored in a moist environment is [[https://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic756.htm|Fanconi syndrome]].
  
  
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-A copy of the article is here: http://www.medicalletter.org/freedocs/expdrugs.pdf  +A copy of the article is here: https://www.medicalletter.org/freedocs/expdrugs.pdf  
        
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