The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates

Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by dekhn on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @02:48PM (#14799043)

yes, that's a big part of it. It's a simple rule that's easy to follow, which can often be better in terms of health overall.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by agumonkey on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:23PM (#14799291)

Yeah unless we put something better in place, maybe a dedicated QR code website to quickly verify if that box is 1, 2, 10, toxic

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by hrktb on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:11PM (#14800452)

In principle this would be a god send. In practice I think this will be so drawn in legalese it will take incredible amount of effort to get valuable information.

There is already a super long information sheet in each of the drugs I take, and each time I read them to get a better grasp of how I should take them I'm flooded by useless warnings (could be all summed up by 'you might get worse taking this. If it happens, stop and call a doctor') and disclaimers.

Every time I needed specific practical info I had to go to a pharmacy and ask someone or search non official online resources. Even super basic stuff like 'should it be taken before, during or after a meal ?', no word what so ever in the notice.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by agumonkey on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @08:35PM (#14801225)

Oh yeah, I agree on the fuzzy feeling when reading the folded sheet. It's mostly "potential side effect side effect annnd side effect".

It's hard to design middle ground solution for this. Between no information and too much and too complex information...

Come on worl, we have machine learning, we can find something.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by dekhn on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:45PM (#14799471)

But there are too many details in how the drug could fail depending on its individual storage.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by zentiggr on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:47PM (#14799938)

A big chunk of this article's message is that those considerations seem to not have anywhere near as much of an effect as currently assumed. (EpiPens viable 50 months past their marked date)

I would push two prongs: reinforce that expiration dates are serious, and at the same time test and extend any/all dates to the actual behavior of each drug. turn a one year into 5, 10, 20? Hell yes.

Pretty obvious that big chunks of the health care system are rigged for profit, not efficiency or usefulness.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by dekhn on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @08:19PM (#14801165)

I don't completely agree with the article's message. I think people who deal with statistical quantities of product and do extensive quality control testing probably have some wisdom about what's really safe. The article refers to a paper (which I've skimmed) that leaves a bunch of unanswered important questions.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by dgfgfdagasdfgfa on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:39PM (#14799419)

It seems like you could use that same space for the QR code to just specify its toxicity.

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by agumonkey on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:44PM (#14799466)

not web enough

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Re:The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates by tripzilch on Thursday July 20, 2017 @08:55AM (#14812022)

I'll see your web and raise with a blockchain

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