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frozen NovoMix

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ibrihim

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I understand novomix 30 should not be frozen . Owing to a faulty fridge I believe some of the pens the drug comes in may have been frozen and thawed. Whats bad about that?
 
robert72 said:
Insulin becomes ineffective after freezing. You should get some replacements.
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Thanks , I've had poor blood sugar results after some years of good control . Recently have had a referral to a dedicated diabetes team over this.looking for a cause .Will discard pens stored and get a new batch. Novartis and my pharmacist were no help.
 
There should be information about storage and in-use temperatures on the pack insert.
 
I've had to throw away some of my insulin that got too close to the back of the fridge. It looked ok but I wouldn't risk it.

I was always told to keep my insulin in the door of the fridge, but my current fridge is rubbish for that so I put it on a shelf as near the front of the fridge as possible.
 
Thanks to all. Somewhere I read that we do not have to keep the insulin in the refrigerator. And it can stay under 30 degrees (room temperature) and it would still be good for up to 30 days. Can anyone confirm this? Novomix 30.
 
Edwin123 said:
Thanks to all. Somewhere I read that we do not have to keep the insulin in the refrigerator. And it can stay under 30 degrees (room temperature) and it would still be good for up to 30 days. Can anyone confirm this? Novomix 30.
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Whilst in use the pens/cartridges do not need to be stored in a fridge, but when storing and not in use you should keep them in the fridge as it extends their life past that 30 days - means you can have spares - just in case and so uyou never have to cut it too close for getting the next ones.
I know a cartridge of basal for myself lasts about 2-3 weeks, if I didn't store in a fridge then the pack of 5 I get on prescription each time would mostly be wasted and I'd never be able to have more than one spare and by the time I got to that next one it wouldn't have much time left on it, I'd certainly not be able to use all of it by the time the 30 days was up. I always like to have at least a couple of spare pens./cartridges
PS. you replied to a thread that had last been replied to 5 years ago.
 
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