# Questions About an Expired Health Supplement. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 27, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178 "2014-07-27T18:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/1 "2014-07-27T18:11:49Z")
I was just wondering if it would be appropriate to ask a question about an expired health product. Notice, this is in no way the same thing as asking for medical advice. I place this question in ATMB, in case anyone else has the same concern and question. :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/2 "2014-07-27T18:39:54Z")
The question would still go in IMHO, I think. I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be a medical question. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/3 "2014-07-28T04:03:27Z")
Is this another parody of That Which Must Not Be Parodied? (Parody of all the asking about long ago events on this Board?) ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/4 "2014-07-28T05:07:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The question would still go in IMHO, I think. I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be a medical question. I could be wrong. But I would think a bona fide medical question would be something like, “I have this bump on my neck, and it won’t go away”–i.e., asking for urgent help. I just have a question about a health supplement. Just my feelings on the subject:). Anyways, always safer to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/5 "2014-07-28T17:50:43Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > I could be wrong. But I would think a bona fide medical question would be something like, “I have this bump on my neck, and it won’t go away”–i.e., asking for urgent help. I just have a question about a health supplement. Just my feelings on the subject:). Anyways, always safer to ask. It’s a health issue, so it’s basically medical advice. The urgency doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/6 "2014-07-28T18:27:25Z")
Is it a health supplement with any medically-validated benefits? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/7 "2014-07-28T18:55:31Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > I could be wrong. But I would think a bona fide medical question would be something like, “I have this bump on my neck, and it won’t go away”–i.e., asking for urgent help. I just have a question about a health supplement. Just my feelings on the subject:). Anyways, always safer to ask. FYI- in case you weren’t aware, there is no longer a prohibition on asking medical questions, they just go in IMHO, to emphasize the opinion (not factual) part of anything you’d be told. So it’s ok if asking about a supplement is a medical question. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/8 "2014-07-28T20:11:00Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Is it a health supplement with any medically-validated benefits? It doesn’t matter with respect to whether it goes in IMHO or not. Either way it goes in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-an-expired-health-supplement/694178/9 "2014-07-28T21:20:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It doesn’t matter with respect to whether it goes in IMHO or not. Either way it goes in IMHO. Mistook actual question thread for question about where to ask question about thread. 😃