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Posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
I am thinking of giving Serzone a try and found a couple of sample booklets with 28 tablets. Unfortunately, according to the expiration date, they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
Posted by SalArmy4me on June 1, 2001, at 15:06:39
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
What would it cost to buy some new Serzone?
> I am thinking of giving Serzone a try and found a couple of sample booklets with 28 tablets. Unfortunately, according to the expiration date, they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
Posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 21:28:16
In reply to Re: Expired Serzone tablets... » Nathan, posted by SalArmy4me on June 1, 2001, at 15:06:39
> What would it cost to buy some new Serzone?
>It isn't so much the cost, but the ordeal of seeing the doctor and the follow up visit. It would just be a lot easier if I could try Serzone by using the expired samples.
Posted by JohnL on June 2, 2001, at 0:00:04
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
> I am thinking of giving Serzone a try and found a couple of sample booklets with 28 tablets. Unfortunately, according to the expiration date, they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
I was told by a doctor that pills are good for much longer than the expiration date. If anything, they might lose some potency over time.
John
Posted by SalArmy4me on June 2, 2001, at 11:27:20
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
Posted by Shirley 2 on June 2, 2001, at 20:41:09
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
Nathan,
For what it's worth, my psychiatrist said that pills are usually good one year after the expiration date but the date used is placed on the label as a cushion. He said that for liquid prescription, you should definately abide by the prescription date.
Posted by sl on June 3, 2001, at 10:40:20
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
>they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
That's kind of a long time. For what it's worth, canned FOOD isn't even supposed to last that long, and people think of THAT as lasting forever.
I doubt it'll hurt you so much as just not work.
It might be worth it to call your Dr and ask if they might call in a prescription for you to try, if you have a Dr that'll do things like that. :/sl
Posted by kazoo on June 4, 2001, at 2:54:24
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
> I am thinking of giving Serzone a try and found a couple of sample booklets with 28 tablets. Unfortunately, according to the expiration date, they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
^^^^^^^^^^^
Go ahead and use them.
Last year the U.S. Army decided to replace their huge inventory of drugs they had on hand, some 30 years old, and found that simple aspirin had lost only 10 percent of their effectiveness. I suppose this isn't true with all medications, but it's worth a try with the SERZONE. Drug expiration dates are used to make people buy more of the product (naturally this isn't true with food products).
It's like the instructions on a shampoo bottle: "Repeat if necessary." Well, it's not necessary, and unless you stuck your head in a bucket of Penzoil, you don't have to re-wash your hair to get it clean. That instruction is there only for you to use up the stuff quicker so you have to buy more of it.
On a personal note: several years back I discovered a sealed bottle of SYNDROX that was over 10 years old, so I decided to try a couple. They were so ineffective and worthless that I finished the rest of the bottle with glee! :0 (mercy me!)
kazoo
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