Thanks for posting this. I have shared with many friends that hard wasted lots of money on drugs.

It's amazing how laws / regulations / safety change immediately when there is a shortage of anything important . This article is great , I hope everyone gets to read it , and thank u for sharing .
I have to say , it's all about the $$$. I think most people know by now ( I hope !) that expiration dates for most of drugs are laughable .
Something that I did not know thou and found out last year w Puerto Rico situation , has made me mad for months . Apparently the majority of our IV fluids supplies are producing in P.R . For more than 6 months , nation wide shortage in IV fluids caused panic and revision of fundamental administration of very important medications , cardiac drips , electrolytes , and antibiotics included . Until that time , I have never thought to question actually y we can't administer those and others in different ways .
In a blink of an eye , we did changed rules and methods to fit the shortage .
And . The moment IV fluids and plastic was back in buisness , we are back to expensive and time consuming ways ( y ???!!! ), and I can't make any sense out of this to save my life ?