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Originally posted by 125shifter
I thought the expiration date was the date it's supposed to still have 100% effectiveness. So if you use it after the date, it's just not as effective.
Essentially yes. Many medications will form degradation by products after a certain amount of time. And FDA mandates that drugs undergo testing to determine how long they remain stable under certain storage conditions, hence the expiry date.
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