[Straight Vermonter]

Over-the-counter medicine: A bottle with 1,000 ibuprofen tablets probably has a great per-pill price. But check the expiration date. Chances are, it’ll take you five or six years to go through them — and they’ll have expired well before then.

Medicine doesn't go bad. The expiration date is just to get folks to throw out the old bottle and buy a new one.

[JouleZ]

Medicine doesn’t go bad. The expiration date is just to get folks to throw out the old bottle and buy a new one.
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Exactly and neither do spices. Just use more of the spice.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

You’re exactly right. There are only two meds that become dangerous after their expration date and they are both prescription meds. (One is the heart med that goes under the tongue, I believe.) Other meds simply become less effective so you would have to take more to get the effect desired. I am stocking up on pain and cold meds because of the economy and the healthcare bill.