Insulin and blackout

Good afternoon, following the blackout that we suffer yesterday in practically the whole country, a doubt arises, what happens to the unused insulin what we have in the refrigerator?Can it be that it can be spoiled for not being cold enough?

In my case the light did not return until two in the morning, so my insulin was almost 14 hours without refrigeration.

You will tell me your opinion.

Greetings.

@Sandman said:

Good afternoon, following the blackout that we suffer yesterday in practically the whole country, a doubt arises, what happens to the unused insulin what we have in the refrigerator?Can it be that it can be spoiled for not being cold enough?

In my case the light did not return until two in the morning, so my insulin was almost 14 hours without refrigeration.

You will tell me your opinion.

Greetings.

By the way, I just seen this: Link

Nothing, nothing happens.

It can be below 25 ° C without refrigeration.

In the worst case, the same amount of insulin would make you less effect.

I take roads without refrigerating days and I have not noticed anything.

We are not in summer and no matter how much you have opened the refrigerator, it is rare that it has exceeded the temperature to be above the limit, as Ruthbia commented.

In my hospital they told me that it lasts a month out of the refrigerator (novorapid)

I consulted it by mail with my endocrine.I share the response of the La Paz hospital:

"Good morning,

We consult it with the pharmacy service and for the time that was the blackout, and having been maintained inside the fridge, there are no problems with its conservation.They can continue to be used as until now, until their expiration date.

Regardless of this, of course, if you noticed that at some point that any of the feathers does not work well, dischanted it.

All the best"

Vicky Bu said:
@Vicky BU said:

I consulted it by mail with my endocrine.I share the response of the La Paz hospital:

"Good morning,

We consult it with the pharmacy service and for the time that was the blackout, and having been maintained inside the fridge, there are no problems with its conservation.They can continue to be used as until now, until their expiration date.

Regardless of this, of course, if you noticed that at some point that any of the feathers does not work well, dischanted it.

All the best"

Keep in mind that pump users carry an insulin reservoir, at body temperature, for up to 6 days.Hold 12 hours even if you had it in your pocket.

I had commented that I had almost doubled the usual dose of Novorapid depending on the carbohydrates ingested why I had put a bad insulin feathers, but that case was subjected to very high temperatures for many days, and yet I only raised the dose until it took effect, until I could have a new box.

Luckily the blackout was only ten hours and on a not much temperature day.Also weird that the person is so short as not to try to keep the medications fresh, and even use ice or frozen elements.

In his day I have been in Morocco with the motorcycles and the insulin in the backpack behind the back, a week without a refrigerator in full heat wave and until day eight, it was not noticed that he will fall from medical quality.And it was not as serious as the case of the floor in Seville in August