Posted by kazoo on June 4, 2001, at 2:54:24
In reply to Expired Serzone tablets..., posted by Nathan on June 1, 2001, at 13:14:57
> I am thinking of giving Serzone a try and found a couple of sample booklets with 28 tablets. Unfortunately, according to the expiration date, they expired on June 1, 1997. Is this expiration date something that should be heeded or is it just a useless formality? I can't imagine the Serzone going bad after that date.
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Go ahead and use them.
Last year the U.S. Army decided to replace their huge inventory of drugs they had on hand, some 30 years old, and found that simple aspirin had lost only 10 percent of their effectiveness. I suppose this isn't true with all medications, but it's worth a try with the SERZONE. Drug expiration dates are used to make people buy more of the product (naturally this isn't true with food products).
It's like the instructions on a shampoo bottle: "Repeat if necessary." Well, it's not necessary, and unless you stuck your head in a bucket of Penzoil, you don't have to re-wash your hair to get it clean. That instruction is there only for you to use up the stuff quicker so you have to buy more of it.
On a personal note: several years back I discovered a sealed bottle of SYNDROX that was over 10 years old, so I decided to try a couple. They were so ineffective and worthless that I finished the rest of the bottle with glee! :0 (mercy me!)
kazoo
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