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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 449115" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hiya alohanicky!</p><p></p><p>Complain to Boots Head Office - there is a contact email address on their website. Although you noticed it and was therefore able to avoid that batch of insulin, many others might end up with ineffective insulin. The staff and pharmicist need training and this will not happen unless you report it to Head Office. I had a similar situation in Boots a few months ago, but luckily the Pharmicist himself realised as he went to give me my prescription and he cleared the shelf and ordered new stock.</p><p></p><p>I have previously used a batch of levemir that was not effetive and I spent a month with higher than normal levels and kept altering my dose etc worrying about what was going on. Eventually I tried a different batch and all went back to normal. I strongly suspect the insulin had been stored incorrectly at Boots but have no evidence of it.</p><p></p><p>I think we should always report incidence of incorrectly-handled insulin to make sure that staff in chemists get proper training. Our health is at risk from ignorance among chemist staff.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 449115, member: 29301"] Hiya alohanicky! Complain to Boots Head Office - there is a contact email address on their website. Although you noticed it and was therefore able to avoid that batch of insulin, many others might end up with ineffective insulin. The staff and pharmicist need training and this will not happen unless you report it to Head Office. I had a similar situation in Boots a few months ago, but luckily the Pharmicist himself realised as he went to give me my prescription and he cleared the shelf and ordered new stock. I have previously used a batch of levemir that was not effetive and I spent a month with higher than normal levels and kept altering my dose etc worrying about what was going on. Eventually I tried a different batch and all went back to normal. I strongly suspect the insulin had been stored incorrectly at Boots but have no evidence of it. I think we should always report incidence of incorrectly-handled insulin to make sure that staff in chemists get proper training. Our health is at risk from ignorance among chemist staff. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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