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Amateur Bodybuilder 
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Is it ok to NOT refrigerate insulin? How long can it go without refrigeration and not go bad? I'm talking humalin R. I know it's ok to take it to the gym, but I mean in terms of days.    | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder 
Posts: 554 |
call a pharmacy and ask . they will gladly tell you.  | ||
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Cool Novice 
Posts: 39 |
Agreed, check out a PDR and read the manufacturers recomendations for storage. Im guessing it will be fine for several days. I dont beleive that it is unstable at RT, rather the four degree storage just slows the possibility of bacterial growth. ------------------ | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 35 |
Ive asked this question awhile back. The instructions say it can last 28 days UNREFRIGERATED if not exposed to light.- Rojan | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 36 |
I used to have a bottle of this and I believe it says store between 35 and 48 deg. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 64 |
I live in Hong Kong and the pharmacists here are not very professional. The answer I got was that its ok not to refrigerate it in the short term but in the long term it's not ok. However, he can't give me a time period for which its ok. I asked another pharmacist and he said that I can travel with it as long as its not exposed to heat. The box itself says it should be refrigerated but they always say the safest thing on the box. So whats the real deal? I can't keep anything in the family refrigerator. And would you please tell me where to find the reference that it is ok to not refrigerate for 28 days? That would help a lot. Thanks! | ||
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Elite Bodybuilder 
Posts: 963 |
I can personally tell you that I used Humulin R synthetic insulin and the insert said it can be kept at room temperature for 28 days. If kept referigerated it can be kept like a year... ------------------ | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 64 |
Are there different manufacturers for humalin R? Because I live in Hong Kong I am wodering if it is a different manufacturer because our inserts do not mention the 28 days thing. Also how about humalog. Does that keep for long without refrigeration? | ||
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Cool Novice
Posts: 21 |
you can keep it out for 30 days,providing it is away from sunlight.even if kept refridgerated i would throw it out after a month.germs begin to collect inside.better to be safe than sorry! | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 64 |
Does that mean it slowly deteriorates over 30 days? I mean I'm sure it doesn't stay 100% for 30 days and then BANG go bad. It probably is gradual. I'm worried whether at the 30 mark it is, say only 50% effective etc. After 30 days, what condition would it be in? | ||
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Pro Bodybuilder
Posts: 522 |
I've had mine for a couple of months now, refrigerated on and off. I think I'll throw mine out now, even though the solution is clear as when I first got it. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 142 |
All i know is my uncle needs insulin to survive and he keeps it in the frig. so i would say it does not effect it or else he would be in a insulin induced coma. | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 64 |
What was that? Twisted. Your uncle needs insulin to survive, so why would be be in a coma if he was to take good insulin that worked? Also, you say he keeps it in the fridge, but then you say that that makes it ok to not refrigerate.... I don't really understand your post. Aren't those things contradictory? |
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posted October 19, 2000 07:24 AM