Maintenance : All manufactured medications will have an expiration date
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A long time: I cannot address your insulin, because there are so many different preparations and the time varies by the type. Other medications have been studied in the SLEP study by the Department of Defense and FDA. Through SLEP, the FDA has tested scores of drugs approaching their expiration dates. 88% of 122 drugs could be extended by 6.5 years beyond their expiration date. See: PubMed PMID: 23045150
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1 month: Most insulin lasts about 1 month at room temp.
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