Medicine-Whats the average period between manufacture and expiry?

Question

i.e. pills, capsules, is it 6 months, a year, 2 years, what is the average period before they expire?

Answer 1

It should be on the bottle, any prescription you get from the doctor is 1 year.

Answer 2

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX - News) today announced
that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
extending the shelf life of its TAXUS Express2 paclitaxel-eluting
coronary stent system in the United States to nine months from the
current shelf life of six months. The decision was based on data
submitted by Boston Scientific to the FDA that demonstrated the
performance of the TAXUS system -- in particular the drug content,
drug degradation profile, and drug-release mechanism -- was maintained
within FDA- approved specifications at nine months.

The extended expiration date applies to all sizes of the TAXUS system
for sale in the United States. The Company said it would immediately
begin updating labels to reflect the nine-month expiration date. The
shelf life for the TAXUS system outside the United States remains
unchanged at 18 months

Answer 3

Generally one year and it is law that the expiration date be on the product container.

Answer 4

Five years generally.