As long as they were in a cool dry place they should be fine...
09/26/13 12:12 PM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
Posts: 7799
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Just whack the closed bottle on the edge of a table and you should hear all the capsules separate and shake around. They have a tendency to stick together slightly if they are just sitting undisturbed in the bottle for a while. That's okay, it's just the enteric coating.
If the gels look dull, grayish, and even a little rough, that means the enteric coating is intact. The bottle can even smell a little weird - the enteric coating smells a bit chemical-y.
If the enteric coating has broken down, the caps will be super smooth, transparent brown, shiny (almost high glossy), and pretty. They might smell minty. You don't want to take them if they look like this as you'd be much more likely to get heartburn.
Under normal room temp conditions, it takes about 2 years for the enteric coating to break down. But if the caps get really hot or cold, that can speed up the process.
Best, H
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