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How long can you keep a bottle of prelone (prednisolone) before it goes bad?

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It depends.: The botlle should list an expiration date; if it doesn't, call the pharmacy that filled that prescription and they can look it up in their system.

Dr Brown agreed

Answered 11/26/2013

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