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YOUR VITAMINS EXPIRATION DATE DOESN’T MEAN WHAT YOU THINK Dr Alan Mandell, DC
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Taking an expired vitamin or supplement is highly unlikely to cause you harm. Unlike food, vitamins don’t go “bad,” nor do they become toxic or poisonous. At this time, there haven’t been any.Taking expired vitamins is generally considered safe—but there’s a catch. “Expired vitamins will not become poisonous, but rather lose their potency,” says Dr. Levine. “Exceptions to.
As research indicates that expired vitamins are typically safe to take, these products are unlikely to cause side effects just because they are out of date. However, if a person is unaware that.Safety Expired vitamins are safe to take, but may not be as effective. At the expiration date, the product should still contain 100 percent of the added dietary supplement ingredients listed on the label, 2 as long as it was stored under correct conditions. After such date, those amounts can progressively decline.
The short answer: probably not. While you definitely want to stay far, far away from milk or chicken past its sell-by date, vitamins don’t really expire in the way certain foods do. But according.According to a report from Harvard Medical School, it’s not harmful to take expired vitamins.
Because you don’t know whether your dietary supplement is at near or full potency without a chemical analysis, however, it may be more efficient to discard them and purchase a new bottle.It is not dangerous to take expired vitamins, but as mentioned, the vitamins will lose their potency. There have been no documented cases of illness or death from expired vitamins, but throw the.
Here are just a few examples of situations where using expired medications might do more harm than good: 1. Some medications are more sensitive to the environment that others.Vitamin B – Vitamin B should be consumed by its expiration date. Enzymes – Enzymes slowly weaken with age, remaining potent for about one year past the expiration date. Amino Acids – Amino acid supplements slowly weaken with age, remaining potent for.
If a child ingests a whole bottle of expired vitamins, there is the potential for liver damage. Vitamins and iron can be fatal in high doses even when the potency has been compromised. You have no way of knowing how potent the vitamins are even when they are expired.
Some minerals and certain vitamins may hold their potency longer than others.Generally speaking, vitamins and supplements do expire, but it’s not viewed in the same way as when food expires. Expiration dates for food are put into place for public safety, as many perishable foods become harmful after they expire.
The essential guide to taking care of your mind and body Subscribe to HuffPost’s wellness email.If you are concerned about the level of vitamin C in expired tablets, then you may wish to look into other uses for expired vitamin C tablets. It is possible to dissolve vitamin C.As a rule of thumb it’s absolutely safe to take vitamins or drugs after they are expired, IF (and only if!) they were properly stored beforehand, and that includes: NO exposere to heat.
Stored in a shady and cool place (fridge is ideal). Stored in a sealed container.The expiration date on vitamins is there for a reason. The date lets you know when the vitamins will no longer be effective.
I would not recommend taking them past the expiration date. If you find that your vitamins are expiring before you are able to finish them, you would be better off buying them in smaller quantities.Answer: It is not uncommon to find products in your medicine cabinet that have expired.
While 5 years is quite a long time, there is likely no risk in taking the expired vitamins, though it is.
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94 comments
Egyption pharmacist spending a message to all drugs company about making an electronic leaflets for each drug and cosmetics by putting a link on every drug box this link a doctor will appear in a video mode and learn the patients or his family about what is this drug and what is its uses and also what is its benefits also the side effects and the precaution and how too take your dose and also the drug interactions and the food interaction between each other also how to store it all of this will be heard from a video the doctor is speaking in it, this leaflets will be as the paper leaflets but is a video leaflet, this leaflet will be done from the company making the drug and print the link on the drug box and all drugs will have this electronic leaflet link printed on the drug box or cosmetic box
any quick or new updates will be done in the video from the company
make any one know arabic translate this video to you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7DlF77Yems
Have been taking my expired vitamins for years cause I have a bunch of them. All of them are good, I use NOW brand, except Vitamin B-50 complex, those get powdery and stinky after 4 years even after they are sealed mostly becuase they are not coated.
I just took some old vitamins just now and i feel like shit really… pray for me
Thank you for this information. Always looking for ways to save even a penny, stay in the know, learn something new, and to stay informed.
HSNtv/ I appreciate your information, due to the situation my DR told me to stay home, my vitamins has 03/20, so with this video I assume the product still good, Tx!
I have vitamin D and they expired this month -I went to cemist and I was told to put them in rubbish…should I!!!!
Thank you for this useful information. I will no longer toss in the trash my vitamins and minerals which are a few months past the Exp. Date. Good thing too I dont store them in a warm place ever.
Thank you Dr. Mandell, you always teach us things with your videos!
hello Dr. Mandell as far as i know all meds that are expired only reduce their effectiveness. But your video was very eye opening
So sad to hear that i can no longer shower with my C and B crew…
Sir if feb 2020 likha h to wo feb ki starting mein expire hogi ki end mein??
Thank you so much Dr. Mandell for your dedication to seeing people live healthier lives and imparting your good wisdom to us all. You are appreciated. God continue blessing you always��������❤ ����
Well I found a six-year-old Viagra that f*** work just like it was brand new
Another study (JAMA Intern. Med., 2012) studied medicines that had been kept in a climate-controlled locker for between 28 and 40 years. And found most of them were still good, even though some of them predated the moon landing. That’s for a given value of “good,” since people in the 60s had some pretty wild ideas about what constitutes an effective diet pill.
Damn!!! Just threw away a$100. Worth full bottle of herbal supplement������ ugh!!!! Wish I’d seen this before
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So some states require pharmacies to list the expiration dates of a meds no more than a year out from the day that medication was bottled/prepared, even if this actual expiration date is another 1.5 years out.
So on a bottle, you’ll have the date that it was filled and then an expiration date, if it is less that 1 year, that mean that expiration date was what was on the stock bottle. If it is 1 year, chances are it doesn’t expire for a little while longer.
Great knowledge! Thnx 4 all you do, positive peeps like you make this world a Better Place!!! Cheers
Dear sir it has been 4 days that my fish oil capsule expired (exp date 20.07.20)… can i still consume it?
I just don’t let mine Expire, I plan it outvefore lurchasing…
Thanks, Dr. M. That’s very good and clearly presented information.: )
Love your videos Melissa! Ive been dealing with diverticulitis for a couple of years now! I really miss eating seeds and nuts and was wondering if you have any tips to help me? I hate this, it’s really frustrating! Thanks so much!
Expiration dates are a marketing tool for shelf life to drive sales before anything else.
How I see it is, consumable goods aren’t going to become nutritionally void or rancid one minute past midnight on the 29th when they were fine to sell/use two minutes ago on the 28th.
Thank you for the info and your recommendations. I have found them to be true since I have experimented with things like laxatives and p.m.otc meds and found them to work long after expiration dates. The thing with those is you often can’t get a package or bottle with only a few so you have to buy the least which is much more than you want or need. Well, the drug companies have to make money some way, so after 2 years expiration, I have to throw away the 95 left of 100 in the bottle. You can’t have it all. They always win.
Bru, I just threw a lot of expensive expired vitamins a week ago.
What about probiotics? I believe they have a much shorter shelf life. They are a living organism. Your thoughts?
Thank you doctor Alan it is new and good knowledge because i think the majorities and me r used to get red off the medication directly after the expired day ��
what about chinese herbal pillssuch as the ones you used in demonstration.
My pharmacology instructor once told us (students) the same thing. It’s the reason why I don’t throw away just expired meds. I’ll wait a year or 2 before I throw it away. 90% or 80% potency is a lot better than if you don’t have the meds.
I put all our vitamins in the refrigerator….I treat them like food especially fish supplements…hope I am doing the right thing Dr……Iam I?
Very interesting!
Please make a video on the importance of a good quality producer when it comes to supplements because as You said the breaking down process starts immediately and depending on how the supplements are composed this process may be slower or quicker.
Also, I read somewhere that bad quality synthetic vitamins, especially b6 & b12 might actually inhibit the body from absorbing the natural ones in food. Is this true?
Now you tell me. I took some antihistamines that expired 5 years ago
Thanks bunches! I have a few I was wondering about, been in the cupboard out of sunlight nearing expiration. I now know I can use them!
they dont work,, they are made of or processed with petroleum derivatives or hydrogenated sugars, most are isolated and crystalline in structure. you wont absorb them..its a joke on you
Be careful how you store them!!!!!
No extra heat. No extreme cold.
I would only throw away if it looks or smells bad.
If expired its because I did not like them!!!
Thank for the helpful information. I’ve searched Google and Youtube and surprisingly have NOT found an answer to the following question. Does storing an UNOPENED vitamin bottle in either the freezer or refrigerator extend the full potency life beyond the expiration date?
Same with vitamins. They are safe to take after expiration. It’ll just be less potent.
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It would have been nice if you went into more detail about other medication, instead of just glossing over liquid medication. For example I heard you don’t want to use expired eye drops because it’s possible harmful bacteria have has enough time to grow and could lead to an eye infection. It would have been nice to have that info either confirmed with an explanation or debunked if it’s not the case.
I always have kept mine in the wardrobe, it works a treat for me ��
So may people don’t understand the importance of not letting your home get too hot in the summer or too cold in the winter. Not only your vitamins and supplements, but also your medications, require a certain temperature range to stay potent.
this video was insightful. thanks for sharing. learned something new.
So good to know, thanks for sharing this information with us. ♥️
You are very sweet and funny:-)
Medicine that is sealed and is not liquid medicine can hold for decades 😉 google it
Thanks Doc for this great info. Ive always had a suspicion that the Vitamins lasted longer than the expiration and have always continued to take them till they were gone. And like You, Ive never had an issue Thank the Great Lord!!!
Thanks for the good info, I would just throw the vitamins a month after the expiration day
Quite correct Dr. I worked in a Dr’s office and he told me as much. I use my supplements up to a year after expiration and they work great.
Expiration date is required by low in the USA AND MOST COUNTRIES when the statue says must then is a must by low. Vitamins can breakdown to toxic and damage vital organs such as liver or kidneys.
How about Florida Statue
580.051 Labels; requirements; penalties
In Florida we have to follow the FDA and State regulations.
In addition In 2008, the state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Target and a local grocery store chain over selling expired infant formula -Supplements Target settled the case for $375,000. Walmart settled two years later for $775,000.
In the late 1990s, shoppers in Florida and Alabama sued Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. for relabeling expired food.
in regards to the safety subject let us assume that Vitamins OTC expires and still hold 90% of it is efficacy then 10% of that Vitamins has broken down to metabolites which according to pharmaceutical chemistry those metabolites either less effective or toxic.
it is true that according to google this info does not show when you search which explain why we should not depend on google for facts.
Although FDA may not require, states may does.
Thanks
Expiration date is a lie if drugs are well kept from exterior factors.
Your vitamin tablets most likely do more harm than good. Good food and good sense doesn’t expire
yes u are my best friend hahaha, that is gd news to hear, thank u so much for yr information, god bless you
MY RELATIVE IS DEAD BCZ OF EAT EXPIRE MEDICINE IS IT POSSIBLE????? PLZ ANSWER ME?????
What about when you split pills into quarters and they’re past their expiring date? Does this increase their ineffectiveness because you’re opening the pill up and exposing it to the environment?
Oh crap I just threw away my expensive Shaklee vitamins cuz they expired last month!!! Thanks for the info I know now…
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I took some expired medicine and I had stomach pain all day. And I kept taking it because I thought it could be something else, but it wasn’t.
Hey Dr Alan Mandell, DC how’s your night going man And thank you for the video I really enjoy it?
i am doing the extra virgin olive oil diet.. and from reading the comments i am not sure if this channel is taking the piss, like the onionand i have been drinking cooking oil and near killing myself
So If I have the ARGININE supplement in capsules 6 months out of expire date, is it safe to take?
If my inhaler is 7 months expired, is it ok to still use it?
I just bought camu camu powder and it expiry is near, I wanna know can I use that as well even after it expiry date?? I don’t wanna waste my 4 packets. Plz help
I almost thrown my omega 3,6,and 9 thinking they are bad thanks so much Dr.
Thanks I’m going to take my 1 year expired red medicine�� that taste like deer piss��
Yes, just keep em clean, cool, dry, and stable environment., For herbs, I was told when taking an herbalist course, they are good for much longer, but like he said, they may loose potency.
Love your style!!! so funny and energetic! Thank you so much
This is great info but I will warn you not to take antibiotics after exp date or they can become toxic
The biggest factors that determines if the medication is going to spoil quicker are actually: risks of contamination, stability and hydrophilicity…
Gelatin capsules and orally dissolving tablets tends to absorb water and can then easily be contaminated with spores. Medications like aspirin, insulin and most aqueous solutions tend to be more sensitive to heat. And aqueous solutions also have the tendency to hydrolyse over long period of time… This is why we have to reconstitute some suspensions directly in the drugstore before selling it. And some medications are more sensitive to light (especially ultraviolet light).
Sir, I really hope you answer this question. How long does HGH last if kept refrigerated and stored properly after expiry date? Will it still work but just weaker results?
Thank you for this information cos mostly vitamins are often forgotten to take on a regular basis. It did happen to me. But I still take it though expiration date is over 3 months ago. So now I just have to take care of those supplements to really last long.
Thank you Dr. Mandell. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. GOD bless you more. ❤
I thought it would make you break out in a serious rash like a dumb ways to die
The fact that you aren’t answering any of the questions in the comments proves you don’t actually know a thing. You just parroted a Web page, most likely.
I found multivitamins that were guaranteed potency until 09-2009 lol I’m gonna use em. What’s the worst that could happen?
Thank you very much Dr. Mandell. I was about to throw away my multivitamins that have just expired three months ago. I still have so many left, so this is very good news. I’m a fan of your videos. Keep them coming Dr. Mandell.
Thanks Melissa!!! Another great video!!! You just answered that question we all have in the back of our minds. YOU ROCK!!!
I was taught in Special Forces Med training that most medications are safe but may be less potent if taken when old but tetracycline can be toxic if past expiration. That is one thing I still remember.
I keep my Vitamins in my food pantry were 99% of the day its dark..
You know, I just bought multivitamin chews on clearance with a very close expiration date. It is my excuse to take them more often!
Hi so my daughter has a bottle of fish oil exp 2014.. is it good to take still?
Dr. Mandell, thank you for your wisdom and your willingness to share. Just threw away, recently expired vitamins. I’ve always wondered about the difference in the potency of supplements the day before expiration and the day of or a short time afterwards, and just how much, could the potency have changed�� I should have known better. Thanks, again Dr. I guess, some things we just need to hear from an expert.
My inspection for vitamins is the stink check. When I open the cap and sense a different smell than what I expected or knew, it must be thrown away regardless of the expiration date. Otherwise it’s good for me. Same for liquid, caplets, or tablets. Actually I use the same test for any left over food, as well. Thank you Doc.
I was just contemplating whether to take an aspirin pill last night that is almost a year past its expiration date. Glad I didn’t!
The funniest thing is when I see an expiration date on MINERALS! �� I mean… Theyve been is their same physical state for millions of years.. and just happen to “expire” in your kitchen cabinet?? ��
I took 10 mounts expired thironium tablets what precautions i have to take now. Suffering from body pains
I did that before wasn’t paying attention to the date on the bottle didn’t have any problems but when I found out I throw them out
So when you say aspirin “goes bad” do you mean it simply becomes ineffective, or that it becomes dangerous?
I was relieved cause I didn’t know that I just drink an expired multivitamins. Thanks a lot!
Drugs are amazing it’s a shame we can’t fully enjoy them without it becoming a problem. Could you imagine how great life would be if we as a whole species could self-medicate without negative biological repercussions?
As a society, we’ve taken measures to prevent drug abuse and that’s a good thing. It’s a sacrifice we all made for the greater good. However, it would be nice to somehow have a bit more freedom of choice for those few of us who handle the stuff well. I take prescription medication for chronic pain and having the ability to treat myself to more powerful painkillers (percocets) every once in a while would be a very positive thing for me and my mental health. Chronic pain really weighs people down and being alleviated of that can put life back into a more positive perspective. Alas, that drug has proven to be potentially addictive and harmful and so isn’t available on demand. There’s no way for a professional to determine whether or not someone is fit to take powerful drugs they don’t need and the logical decision is the current blanket ban.
On a slightly related note, making them illegal gives gangs a product thrive off of and imprisons good people who experiment on their own. Point being that society has made a serious problem worse.
Aderal is just street legal meth! Quite that shit! Its just designed to make more worker robots who would otherwise do more fun stuff with their precious limited time in their life!
I have some BCAA´S Pharmaceutical grade from 2014 & have consumed them in the beginning of this summer no problems whatsoever still smell the same �� Probably not as effective but what the heck ��
The Dept of Defence in 1985 was the first to conduct extensive testing on the shelf life of militarily significant medication and found shelf life effectiveness far in advance of manufacturer dates. This has been repeated and replicated many times the FDA included. Pharma companies however do not have to extend the expiries according to the FDA (and indeed have no incentive to) as long as shelf life is not SHORTER than effective expiry. With the exception of aspirin, amphetamine and possible others as yet undiscovered most medications investigated can last 10, 20 or 40 years under the right conditions.
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Now I want to find that study where they test WWII aspirin in 2010 ish and they were still good and safe to use.