I’ve seen these listed on other sites. What I’m searching for is a good estimate of shelf life for the various ones. Unlike foods that can be consumed/replaced from the larder, you can’t do that with antibiotics, so it holds the potential of shelling out money periodically to replace the materials.
US Army did a study in I think ‘86 as part of SLEP, Shelf Life Extension Program to find out about drugs, which they have stockpiled in the many-billions-of-dollars-worth quantities.
I’ve read parts of it available onle and the conclusion was that for almost all medications, it is reasonable to assume 90% effectiveness and no significant deterioration for ten years after packaging, in some, it was more.
There are exceptions, like tetracycline.
But even something like veterinary tetracycline comes stamped with I believe a four-year shelf life after manufacture.
"Studies performed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed that 90% of medications tested were perfectly fine to use 8-to-15 years after the expiration date"
The gov’t conducted a “shelf life extension” study, and found out that pill form anti-biotics in light shielding containers stored in a cool environment lasted (effectiveness/safety) pretty much indefinitely.
The study was buried, though, because it would really cost the pharmaceutical companies big time.
Dr Bones & Amy talk about this.