What is the shelf life of Tylenol with codiene?

Answer 1

It depends on what conditions you store the pills in. In less than ideal conditions (warm and moist), 36 months is what most pharmacists will tell you.

However, in ideal conditions, this range greatly increases. I would say if you stored them in a room temperature room with little humidity, you would be safe taking them around 5 years.

Again, it will not be harmful to take after that time, just less effective.

Answer 2

I recently found some Empirin and Codeine tablets in my father's Bomb Shelter...dated 1/15/58. I have an inoperable left hip and have take 4 Percosets a day for the last 18 years (Oxycodone & Tylenol 10/325). So, I was curious if these pills were still good and took 2 of them one evening at 11pm. I have taken Codeine 10/325 overseas when there is no Percosets available. In contrast to the reply/answer that these and any medications are ineffective after 10 years, I found them to be about 1/2 as effective after over 50 years! The next morning I took 4, and found the relief to be similar to my fresh prescription. The other answer person, probably works with or for a Pharmaceutical company, or is a Doctor Who has not researched his answer - preferring to pass along the misinformation. I went into a research project, always wanting to find the truth, and was not surprised to find that most medications last far longer that the usual manufacturers say - and since they are in the business of generation a profit, I would suggest doing your own research in these cases.

Answer 3

If it is in a stock bottle, it will have an expiration date on the bottle. If it is in a medication bottle from a drug store, it will also have a "do not use after" date printed on the bottle. If you bought it illegally, throw it out -- it's probably not even real Tylenol with Codeine anyway.