The True Shelf Life of Drugs - What the FDA isn't Telling

1) http://www.usamma.army.mil/dod_slep.cfm
2) http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/04/02/drug-expiration...
3) http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Dru/gSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatien...
4) http://bipolar.about.com/od/medications/a/expir_when.htm
5) http://www.rense.com/general29/fom.htm
6) http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/200003/msg00076.php
7) http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/resources/publications/2009/2009-03-2...

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• survival
• shtf
• bugout
• prepping

[Richardofdanbury]

I've read that tetracycline can be toxic after expiration. Did you find any other evidence of this other than the severe reaction that you spoke of.

BTW, your site and series is excellent. Keep up the good work.

Richard of Danbury

[ThePatriotNurse]

@Richardofdanbury I did not. That incident seems to be the backbone of the warning against it. Now I'm not saying that's the only thing conclusively - - I'm just saying in my search I could not find another reference point.

[moonabove89]

@thepatriotnurse would you say that liquid and gel medications last longer than expiration dates as well? Such as dayquil and advil liquid gels as well as children's liquid medications?

[ThePatriotNurse]

@moonabove89 Probably, but just by virtue of their formulation (liquids are more chemically unstable than solids) they will not last as long as the pill versions...one reason why I do not store very many liquids. You can grind pills up and swirl them in apple juice for kids as a substitute for childrens formularies. Getting the kids to swallow it is another story :-)

[FixedByDoc]

as an ex combat medic and having a BS in health education and several certifications in medicine i have found that the expiration dates on drugs are made to say they expire earlier than they do so because ppl who dont check the dates generaly throw out the drugs about 6 months afterwards give or take so ive been told through military schooling. most NSAID's are expired 6-12 months after said expiration dates. you seem to have done some excellent research here...

[monkadelic13]

water purification tablets arent that big of a deal... if you can boil water; then you can make it potable.. also an extra plastic gatorade bottle or something like that in your pack can be cut open and used as a filter with a bandana, sand, and charcoal from your fire to filter then boil.

[Nard586]

Thank you! and nice house :)

[scarletmoon]

Patriot Nurse, I too am a Nurse(vocational), but this was new to me. You did mention a a couple on your recommended list of drugs to have for one's BOB. Did you happen to find research on Zithromax, Ampicillin and Amoxicillin? Let me know ASAP. Thanks hun, and keep up the great work!

[loganv0410]

Fascism at it's finest.  Don't let anything interfere with corporate profits.

Logan the Cynic

[1911aces]

thank you very much for all your time put into this, and your other vids.

[lanceehansen]

I just got a problem 2months ago, they took out my thyroid after finding cancer. i need to find out shelf life and substitutes. the meds or am I screwed as a preper???

[lindahl01]

A very interesting video. thank you. I have a question though. Do you have any information on the spread of the expiration dates? English is not my first language, so to clarify, you gave the average time to expiration, but is there any data re if some samples expired two months before the average, or six months before the average?

[ashleyalicecullen]

Liquid medications DO turn rancid if you go past the expiration. I check this myself with children's Advil liquid. Thanks for the info.

[cresidue]

Great video, please post the link at 7:08 so I don't have to try and retype it.

[hotchicksandpuppies]

Great video. Glad I found your channel. Wish there were more medical professionals willing to be so helpful.

[1943Grandpa]

Great info!