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If the expiration date for any kind of drug finished you should get rid of it, this is related to shelf life and drug stability, when it is expired the preservative used to protect drug from any foreign substances that may harm the medication, when it is expired it can't keep drug stable and effective.

Ophthalmic drugs are manufactured in a very sensitive procedures, this is due to high sensitivity of the Eye, that's why when a drug is expired specially ophthalmic you shouldn't use it.

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