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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Dec 10, 2017 Little ricky asked How long is a prescription out of date. I have some Hydroc/APAC 10. I got it fill on may of 2016. Can I still take this medicine or is the medicine beyond the date I had it fill. Is a medicine over a year old any good? Answer Generally speaking, if not otherwise labeled, prescription medications are considered expired one year after dispensing to a patient. In the case of your hydrocodone/acetaminophen pain medication, it would be considered to be expired as it has been over one year from the time it was dispensed to you.The answer of whether or not it is okay and safe to use expired hydrocodone is a little more complicated than a simple "yes" or "no" answer. In the United States, law mandates that at the time of expiration, a drug must be at least 90% of its original potency. That is our concern when we look at a drug's expiration date...is it as effective as it once was (when it was originally manufactured and kept under normal storage conditions)? Very rarely is safety a concern with expired medications as it is uncommon that medications will "go bad" to the point of causing illness. Some medications are rarely associated with this (e.g. tetracycline), but hydrocodone is not.Most drugs are labeled to expire two to five years from the date of manufacture. A company will often perform stability tests for a finite time period. For example, if a manufacturer wants
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