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Is it possible for you to take expired ibuprofen?
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Most likely OK: As a physician can not recommend any medications with an fda mandated expiry date, however us military sponsored a trial of > 100 different over the counter ; prescription tablets 15 years after expiry date and fiund them still to be effective. This does not apply to most liquid antibiotics which definitely expire soon after formulation. Nor to tetracyclines or insulin.
Answered 11/19/2013
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