# Expired test strips: do they work?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-test-strips-do-they-work/1690>\
**Category:** C/GM\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-test-strips-do-they-work/1690 "2017-08-23T15:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-test-strips-do-they-work/1690/3 "2017-08-23T15:11:46Z")

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> [@Expired Dexcom sensors work fine!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-dexcom-sensors-work-fine/1688/2):
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> I was also looking for a thread on expired test strips. I only make an assumption you have covered this but didn’t see a thread. Is my search flawed or have you really not explored expired test strips? (I assume I just did a bad search.) Or is it possible this one was too obvious to even have its own thread?

I have never used an expired strip…

Do you know why? I test about 20 times a day. How would a strip ever survive in my house long enough to expire!  
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