Source: Diana Ung, PharmD
BEYOND-USE DATE (BUD): The date after which a compounded preparation should not to be used; determined from the date the preparation is compounded.
STABILITY: The extent to which a preparation retains, within specified limits and throughout its period of storage and use, the same properties and characteristics that it possessed at the time of compounding (see Stability Considerations in Dispensing Practice <1191>, the table Criteria for Acceptable Levels of Stability)