How Long Can You Keep Botox Past the Expiry Date Printed on the Box? Mine Says Oct.2012

Your treating physician should be the best person to answer the question.  Having patients be responsible for storage and transporting of their Botox product is not ideal in any situation or location of residency.  

it is not a good idea to transport botox back and forth. It is shipped to doctors on dry ice, mixed when needed. Do not use expired botox. .

You did not tell us where you live.  In the United States because of concerns over medical malpractice, physicians will be reluctant to use an expired product.  Hospital are even more cautious.  Outside of the United States this is probably a bit less of an issue although this may very by location.  You might want to contact your treating physician now and find out at this time if this will be an issue.

Regardless of common knowledge, unless you get a written statement from the manufacturer it is unlikely that any US doctor will knowingly inject an expired drug. Good Luck

If I were you, I would return it to the place you had to buy it from. If it expires Oct 2012 and you arent scheduled to use it until January 2013 then no, dont use it.  We always keep unused product in the refrigerator. When Allergan ships it to us it is in a container to keep it refrigerated.

Once it is reconstituted (mixed with sterile water prior to use) then it is only good for a short time after that....So for the best results you should have the fresh (unexpired) product.

 

It would be best to contact your treating physician, who I will assume does not live in the U.S. Physicians in the U.S. don't send our patients home with vials for fear of something happening to them - i.e.,a problem with temperature control, selling them to someone else, etc. In the U.S. we need to keep the vials ourselves and have strict guidelines to follow. I won't inject anything that's expired or any drug a patient brings in with them. That has to do with malpractice in the U.S. So, really, it's best to contact your injecting physician and ask him or her about their willingness to inject something expired.