Hi, I recently had a scheduled angioplasy and two stents implanted. I had a followup visit this week with the cardiologist. He informed me that he implanted an expired stent. This is a Taxis drug illuding stent. Is this against FDA regulations to implant an expired stent in a patient? I believe there must be strict FDA regulations in doing so? Tom J
Hi, Using expired stent is against the law and illegal. There is a shelf life for every product in medicine beyond which its use is not recommended. You should have got the cover boxes of the stents, and you can see it yourself whether they were expired at the time of placement. If they were expired, you can file a legal lawsuit on the doctor and hospital. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.