Re: Insulin: Storage and use when not at home?

[Guest guest]

Hi, ...insulin will keep for a year unopened in the refrigerator...or a

month (I believe) from opening if unrefrigerated, a " lot longer " if opened

and refrigerated. I use very small amounts of insulin - 10 units UL a day and

usually 3 or 4 units of H per meal, depending on meal, so a bottle of insulin

lasts me a long time. I also use an insulin pen when eating out -- the BD

Pen Mini, which uses a replaceable insulin cartridge -- and it usually takes

me a week or two before I use up the cartridge and during this time it is

kept in my purse, not refrigerated at all. And I've never had a problem with

" dead " (ineffective) insulin.

However, when I travel I always carry my own meal in an insulated lunchpail

and I carry insulin in there, too. BTW, if you're doing airplane traveling

I'd strongly suggest packing your own meal(s)...the airlines' idea of

" diabetic meal " is one that's loaded with carbs and sure to raise your BGs.

I take lowcarb tortilla with either roast beef and cheese, tuna salad,

avocado and bacon inside it, some pork rinds for crunch, maybe a dill pickle

and a lowcarb chocolate bar. When the drinks wagon comes around I get

seltzer. Works fine for me. Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

Hi, ...insulin will keep for a year unopened in the refrigerator...or a

month (I believe) from opening if unrefrigerated, a " lot longer " if opened

and refrigerated. I use very small amounts of insulin - 10 units UL a day and

usually 3 or 4 units of H per meal, depending on meal, so a bottle of insulin

lasts me a long time. I also use an insulin pen when eating out -- the BD

Pen Mini, which uses a replaceable insulin cartridge -- and it usually takes

me a week or two before I use up the cartridge and during this time it is

kept in my purse, not refrigerated at all. And I've never had a problem with

" dead " (ineffective) insulin.

However, when I travel I always carry my own meal in an insulated lunchpail

and I carry insulin in there, too. BTW, if you're doing airplane traveling

I'd strongly suggest packing your own meal(s)...the airlines' idea of

" diabetic meal " is one that's loaded with carbs and sure to raise your BGs.

I take lowcarb tortilla with either roast beef and cheese, tuna salad,

avocado and bacon inside it, some pork rinds for crunch, maybe a dill pickle

and a lowcarb chocolate bar. When the drinks wagon comes around I get

seltzer. Works fine for me. Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

Hi, ...insulin will keep for a year unopened in the refrigerator...or a

month (I believe) from opening if unrefrigerated, a " lot longer " if opened

and refrigerated. I use very small amounts of insulin - 10 units UL a day and

usually 3 or 4 units of H per meal, depending on meal, so a bottle of insulin

lasts me a long time. I also use an insulin pen when eating out -- the BD

Pen Mini, which uses a replaceable insulin cartridge -- and it usually takes

me a week or two before I use up the cartridge and during this time it is

kept in my purse, not refrigerated at all. And I've never had a problem with

" dead " (ineffective) insulin.

However, when I travel I always carry my own meal in an insulated lunchpail

and I carry insulin in there, too. BTW, if you're doing airplane traveling

I'd strongly suggest packing your own meal(s)...the airlines' idea of

" diabetic meal " is one that's loaded with carbs and sure to raise your BGs.

I take lowcarb tortilla with either roast beef and cheese, tuna salad,

avocado and bacon inside it, some pork rinds for crunch, maybe a dill pickle

and a lowcarb chocolate bar. When the drinks wagon comes around I get

seltzer. Works fine for me. Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, one more thing...be absolutely sure to carry your insulin on board

with you, not in check-in luggage. The hold where they store luggage is

subject to extreme temperature I don't remember if it's heat or cold, but

either are very bad for insulin. And be sure you're carrying the insulin in

the box it came in that has your name and prescription number on it,

otherwise I understand you may have trouble carrying it and your necessary

syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, one more thing...be absolutely sure to carry your insulin on board

with you, not in check-in luggage. The hold where they store luggage is

subject to extreme temperature I don't remember if it's heat or cold, but

either are very bad for insulin. And be sure you're carrying the insulin in

the box it came in that has your name and prescription number on it,

otherwise I understand you may have trouble carrying it and your necessary

syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

Oh yes, one more thing...be absolutely sure to carry your insulin on board

with you, not in check-in luggage. The hold where they store luggage is

subject to extreme temperature I don't remember if it's heat or cold, but

either are very bad for insulin. And be sure you're carrying the insulin in

the box it came in that has your name and prescription number on it,

otherwise I understand you may have trouble carrying it and your necessary

syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

Vicki

<< Hello Group,

I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

restaurants, etc..

I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

information on the net.

Thanks!

Best regards,

>>

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Hello Group,

>

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use of

> injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

>

> I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

> endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

> information on the net.

>

> Thanks!

,

I'm not sure if you mean storage as in keeping your insulin cool or not.

Here are two web sites with products for " mobilizing " your insulin and

meds:

Medport:

http://www.medportinc.com/

I personally use " The Daily Organizer " and like it very much.

Medicool:

http://www.medicool.com/

They have what appears to be some very nice products. I do not have any

personal experience with any of them.

Rick

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Hello Group,

>

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use of

> injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

>

> I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

> endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

> information on the net.

>

> Thanks!

,

I'm not sure if you mean storage as in keeping your insulin cool or not.

Here are two web sites with products for " mobilizing " your insulin and

meds:

Medport:

http://www.medportinc.com/

I personally use " The Daily Organizer " and like it very much.

Medicool:

http://www.medicool.com/

They have what appears to be some very nice products. I do not have any

personal experience with any of them.

Rick

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Hello Group,

>

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use of

> injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

>

> I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

> endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

> information on the net.

>

> Thanks!

,

I'm not sure if you mean storage as in keeping your insulin cool or not.

Here are two web sites with products for " mobilizing " your insulin and

meds:

Medport:

http://www.medportinc.com/

I personally use " The Daily Organizer " and like it very much.

Medicool:

http://www.medicool.com/

They have what appears to be some very nice products. I do not have any

personal experience with any of them.

Rick

[Guest guest]

Insulin can be kept safely for 30 days at room temperature

[Guest guest]

Insulin can be kept safely for 30 days at room temperature

[Guest guest]

http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for you. I take

my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig at home,

since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

Barb

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

> of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for you. I take

my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig at home,

since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

Barb

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

> of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for you. I take

my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig at home,

since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

Barb

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

> of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

---We carry my husband's insulin in a carrycase. It is not

refrigerated at home,the bottle he has opened since its gone in a

week anyhow. When travelling in the summer we put an ice pack in an

insulated case and then the insulin case is in there. Same with just

going to a restaurant, carry case goes along. I put it in my handbag

if its just the small case. The insulated one that we use for longer

trips has a shoulder strap.

If carrying unopened bottle on a longer trip we ask for a motel room

with a refrigerator. Many have them now.

Madge

In diabetes_int@y..., " RainbowFarm " <RainbowFarm@m...> wrote:

> http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for

you. I take

> my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig

at home,

> since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

>

> Barb

>

> > I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and

use

> > of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> > restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

---We carry my husband's insulin in a carrycase. It is not

refrigerated at home,the bottle he has opened since its gone in a

week anyhow. When travelling in the summer we put an ice pack in an

insulated case and then the insulin case is in there. Same with just

going to a restaurant, carry case goes along. I put it in my handbag

if its just the small case. The insulated one that we use for longer

trips has a shoulder strap.

If carrying unopened bottle on a longer trip we ask for a motel room

with a refrigerator. Many have them now.

Madge

In diabetes_int@y..., " RainbowFarm " <RainbowFarm@m...> wrote:

> http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for

you. I take

> my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig

at home,

> since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

>

> Barb

>

> > I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and

use

> > of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> > restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

---We carry my husband's insulin in a carrycase. It is not

refrigerated at home,the bottle he has opened since its gone in a

week anyhow. When travelling in the summer we put an ice pack in an

insulated case and then the insulin case is in there. Same with just

going to a restaurant, carry case goes along. I put it in my handbag

if its just the small case. The insulated one that we use for longer

trips has a shoulder strap.

If carrying unopened bottle on a longer trip we ask for a motel room

with a refrigerator. Many have them now.

Madge

In diabetes_int@y..., " RainbowFarm " <RainbowFarm@m...> wrote:

> http://www.lillydiabetes.com/myd.htm should have this info for

you. I take

> my little kit along without refrigeration, but keep it in the frig

at home,

> since, as Vicki, I don't use very much at a time.

>

> Barb

>

> > I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and

use

> > of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> > restaurants, etc..

[Guest guest]

>And be sure you're carrying the insulin in the box it came in that has

>your name and prescription number on it, otherwise I understand you may

>have trouble carrying it and your necessary

>syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

As a T1 I have traveled much (both international and domestic), always

carry my insulin in my purse (w/extra in carry-on) and never carry it in

the original box with prescription number/label. It isn't an issue

domestically but I have always carried a doc letter (authorizing insulin &

syringes . . . it's the syringes that may worry some countries) for

international travel. The only time I was ever questioned (domestic or

int'l) was returning from Australia in mid-October of this year (i.e.,

after the 9/11 precautions had started in earnest) . . . and the security

folks' concern was not re: the insulin or the syringes but with the

glucagon kit that I was carrying. It was the first time that I ever had to

produce my doc letter (though I do get a newly dated one every couple of

years). I'm sure I was listed on the captain's manifest as having the

glucagon kit (just as passengers authorized to carry a weapon on board are

specifically known to the captain) but it seemed to be a new and unknown

item for the security folks in Sydney (though once back in the US nobody

mentioned it). I was particularly careful to have a new doc letter

specifically for syringes when I went to Venezuela one year (since it's so

close to Columbia and the drug trafficking corridors) but I needn't have

worried as I was never questioned. In short, a doc letter on some

reasonably official looking letterhead is quite sufficient for travel in

most parts of the world (though I admit I haven't tried any third world

countries).

As far as " may have trouble carrying it and your necessary syringes on

board " . . . not likely. Most folks are ignorant and/or nervous about

diabetes/diabetics anyway so there's no way they'd separate you from your

insulin and/or syringes if only because of the potential complications and

liability. Even during careful hand searches of my purse when security

folks open my insulin/syringe kit I have never had a comment or a question

on either, in any country.

To assuage your travel worries further . . . my insulin supply nearly ran

out during a trip to Puerto Vallarta. At the time I was using R which is

not a prescription drug so I simply went to a pharmacy there and bought

some. No problem.

Bon Voyage!

Sandy

[Guest guest]

I was quoting from information from the most recent official FAA rules which

stated the below. I personally haven't traveled on a plane since 9/11...but

when I do, just to be doubly safe, I'll carry a box with the prescription on

it as well as letter from doctor. I certainly don't want to take the chance

of being separated from my insulin and syringes! Vicki

<<

>And be sure you're carrying the insulin in the box it came in that has

>your name and prescription number on it, otherwise I understand you may

>have trouble carrying it and your necessary

>syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

As a T1 I have traveled much (both international and domestic), always

carry my insulin in my purse (w/extra in carry-on) and never carry it in

the original box with prescription number/label. It isn't an issue

domestically but I have always carried a doc letter (authorizing insulin &

syringes . . . it's the syringes that may worry some countries) for

international travel. >>

[Guest guest]

I was quoting from information from the most recent official FAA rules which

stated the below. I personally haven't traveled on a plane since 9/11...but

when I do, just to be doubly safe, I'll carry a box with the prescription on

it as well as letter from doctor. I certainly don't want to take the chance

of being separated from my insulin and syringes! Vicki

<<

>And be sure you're carrying the insulin in the box it came in that has

>your name and prescription number on it, otherwise I understand you may

>have trouble carrying it and your necessary

>syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

As a T1 I have traveled much (both international and domestic), always

carry my insulin in my purse (w/extra in carry-on) and never carry it in

the original box with prescription number/label. It isn't an issue

domestically but I have always carried a doc letter (authorizing insulin &

syringes . . . it's the syringes that may worry some countries) for

international travel. >>

[Guest guest]

I was quoting from information from the most recent official FAA rules which

stated the below. I personally haven't traveled on a plane since 9/11...but

when I do, just to be doubly safe, I'll carry a box with the prescription on

it as well as letter from doctor. I certainly don't want to take the chance

of being separated from my insulin and syringes! Vicki

<<

>And be sure you're carrying the insulin in the box it came in that has

>your name and prescription number on it, otherwise I understand you may

>have trouble carrying it and your necessary

>syringes on board. A letter from your doc is no longer considered adequate.

As a T1 I have traveled much (both international and domestic), always

carry my insulin in my purse (w/extra in carry-on) and never carry it in

the original box with prescription number/label. It isn't an issue

domestically but I have always carried a doc letter (authorizing insulin &

syringes . . . it's the syringes that may worry some countries) for

international travel. >>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for providing this helpful information!

Best regards,

Insulin: Storage and use when not at home?

> Hello Group,

>

> I'm in need of some advise and/or a web site on the storage and use

> of injectable insulin while traveling via air/auto, dining in

> restaurants, etc..

>

> I'm still several weeks away from my next appointment with my

> endocrinologist and have not been able to locate any definitive

> information on the net.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Best regards,

>

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