Re: New member - question about Enbrel

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Hello and welcome to the group!

This is really a question for your pharmacist or the manufacturer.

For future trips, you can obtain a free cooler from Enbrel's Enliven

Services (see the very bottom of the page):

http://www.enbrel.com/enliven/travel-storage.jsp

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

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[ ] New member - question about Enbrel

> Hello!

>

> I have RA, diagnosed about 25 years ago. I've been on MTX for about

> seven years and am tapering off plaquenil. I've just begun taking

> Enbrel, it's been about a month. The process of giving myself Enbrel

> injections has been awkward for me, to put it mildly.

>

> I have a question about Enbrel and refrigeration. I picked up a new

> month's supply at the pharmacy last week but did not refrigerate it on

> the long drive home. It was probably two hours before I put it in the

> fridge and it was a hot day. Is it safe to use?

>

> Thanks for any advice you can give. Glad to have found this group.

[Guest guest]

>

> Hello!

>

> I have RA, diagnosed about 25 years ago. I've been on MTX for about

> seven years and am tapering off plaquenil. I've just begun taking

> Enbrel, it's been about a month. The process of giving myself Enbrel

> injections has been awkward for me, to put it mildly.

>

> I have a question about Enbrel and refrigeration. I picked up a new

> month's supply at the pharmacy last week but did not refrigerate it

on

> the long drive home. It was probably two hours before I put it in the

> fridge and it was a hot day. Is it safe to use?

>

> Thanks for any advice you can give. Glad to have found this group.

Before I would use the Enbrel I would call the Pharmacy and ask

first.and next time take a small cooler with a ice pack I got a little

case from my DR. with a sharps holder and the case came with a ice

pack to use if you tranfer you enbrel ..I have a number you can call

maybe they can send you one.. 1-888-436-2735 hours are 8 am to 8 pm

Eastern time. Hope that this help . you can also get help to pay of

the Enbrel

Good luck to you.

Janet IN IL

>

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a

coffee can as my sharps container.

Thanks!

<Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote:

Hello and welcome to the group!

This is really a question for your pharmacist or the manufacturer.

For future trips, you can obtain a free cooler from Enbrel's Enliven

Services (see the very bottom of the page):

http://www.enbrel.com/enliven/travel-storage.jsp

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] New member - question about Enbrel

> Hello!

>

> I have RA, diagnosed about 25 years ago. I've been on MTX for about

> seven years and am tapering off plaquenil. I've just begun taking

> Enbrel, it's been about a month. The process of giving myself Enbrel

> injections has been awkward for me, to put it mildly.

>

> I have a question about Enbrel and refrigeration. I picked up a new

> month's supply at the pharmacy last week but did not refrigerate it on

> the long drive home. It was probably two hours before I put it in the

> fridge and it was a hot day. Is it safe to use?

>

> Thanks for any advice you can give. Glad to have found this group.

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[Guest guest]

Just got my first Humira this week, it came in a styrofoam cooler with

two ice packs, and included a sharps container. The pharmacist I had

my consultation with suggested taking the sharps container to either a

fire station or an ER when it is full, and said to be sure then to ask

for another container with my next refill. I think one of the

insulated lunch bags will be just the right size for one ice pack and

one dose of Humira when I travel, bigger bag and more ice if I go far

enough that I need more cooling. In the car, I'll just put it in the

cooler with our drinks.

On 6/23/06, <jhughes_bp@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a

coffee can as my sharps container.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I received a refrigerated cooler pack for humeri from my doctor, when she

wrote me the prescription for humeri, and she taught me how to give myself a

shot. in WI

Overell <patricia.overell@...> wrote:

Just got my first Humira this week, it came in a styrofoam cooler with

two ice packs, and included a sharps container. The pharmacist I had

my consultation with suggested taking the sharps container to either a

fire station or an ER when it is full, and said to be sure then to ask

for another container with my next refill. I think one of the

insulated lunch bags will be just the right size for one ice pack and

one dose of Humira when I travel, bigger bag and more ice if I go far

enough that I need more cooling. In the car, I'll just put it in the

cooler with our drinks.

On 6/23/06, <jhughes_bp@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a coffee

can as my sharps container.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I get my Humira thru ChampVA meds by mail, and it came in a styrofoam cooler

with 2 ice packs, too, and when I went to my doc to make sure I knew how to give

myself a shot, the docs office gave me a carry bag from Abbot and a small sharps

container. My sharps container should take ?? a couple-few years to fill.

My HUmira comes 2 syringes in a box - the syringes are in a little tray and have

the alcohol wipes included.

LOL, I get my meds free thru my insurance, but from what I hear, for the cost of

them, it is good they give something free.....LOL

- In , susan smith <bizzare48@...> wrote:

>

>

> I received a refrigerated cooler pack for humeri from my doctor, when she

wrote me the prescription for humeri, and she taught me how to give myself a

shot. in WI

>

> Overell <patricia.overell@...> wrote:

> Just got my first Humira this week, it came in a styrofoam cooler

with

> two ice packs, and included a sharps container. The pharmacist I had

> my consultation with suggested taking the sharps container to either a

> fire station or an ER when it is full, and said to be sure then to ask

> for another container with my next refill. I think one of the

> insulated lunch bags will be just the right size for one ice pack and

> one dose of Humira when I travel, bigger bag and more ice if I go far

> enough that I need more cooling. In the car, I'll just put it in the

> cooler with our drinks.

>

> On 6/23/06, <jhughes_bp@...> wrote:

> > Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a coffee

can as my sharps container.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

All my doctor gave me was the prescription, nothing else.

susan smith <bizzare48@...> wrote:

I received a refrigerated cooler pack for humeri from my doctor, when she wrote

me the prescription for humeri, and she taught me how to give myself a shot.

in WI

Overell <patricia.overell@...> wrote:

Just got my first Humira this week, it came in a styrofoam cooler with

two ice packs, and included a sharps container. The pharmacist I had

my consultation with suggested taking the sharps container to either a

fire station or an ER when it is full, and said to be sure then to ask

for another container with my next refill. I think one of the

insulated lunch bags will be just the right size for one ice pack and

one dose of Humira when I travel, bigger bag and more ice if I go far

enough that I need more cooling. In the car, I'll just put it in the

cooler with our drinks.

On 6/23/06, <jhughes_bp@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a coffee

can as my sharps container.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Call humeri and ask them, I bet they will send you one. You can look them up on

the Internet and get a 1-8oo number

<jhughes_bp@...> wrote: All my doctor gave me was

the prescription, nothing else.

susan smith <bizzare48@...> wrote:

I received a refrigerated cooler pack for humeri from my doctor, when she wrote

me the prescription for humeri, and she taught me how to give myself a shot.

in WI

Overell <patricia.overell@...> wrote:

Just got my first Humira this week, it came in a styrofoam cooler with

two ice packs, and included a sharps container. The pharmacist I had

my consultation with suggested taking the sharps container to either a

fire station or an ER when it is full, and said to be sure then to ask

for another container with my next refill. I think one of the

insulated lunch bags will be just the right size for one ice pack and

one dose of Humira when I travel, bigger bag and more ice if I go far

enough that I need more cooling. In the car, I'll just put it in the

cooler with our drinks.

On 6/23/06, <jhughes_bp@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Humira people provide the same type of service,

cooler/sharps contatner? And if so, who do I call? I am currently using a coffee

can as my sharps container.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

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