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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by qq66 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @01:15PM (#14798249)
No drug where a 2% difference matters can be administered outside of a monitored hospital setting. There are too many variables that affect the drug uptake far more than 2%, such as body weight (100 pound person will have 3x the drug dosage of a 300 pound person), drug absorption (based on body chemistry, other food eaten, etc.) and the actual intake dosage itself (Eye drops, for example, can have a 500-fold variance in how much actually gets administered). That's why over-the-counter drugs have to have very high therapeutic index. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_index
Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @01:36PM (#14798468)
> There are too many variables that affect the drug uptake far more than 2%, such as (...)

...or in case of tablets that come in 2x/4x the dose and you need to cut them in half/four pieces, the precision of your cut and amount of tablet dust that is lost.

Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by chillwaves on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:36PM (#14801870)
And the distribution of the active ingredient vs filler.

It's a lot of guess work.