Jabs and Travel

[david parkman]

Am off to Spain in a few weeks and take Byetta, Will need to take a fresh pen with me as the current will expire whilst im there. Anyone cracked this problem as the new pen needs to be kept at fridge temps min. Would be very interested in your info

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[Dennis]

Hi David,

I haven't found myself in your situation but if all else fails, a possibility is
a) check if your room in Spain will have a fridge or drinks chiller. If not ask if one can be provided (you may have to pay a bit extra for one)
b) check with your airline whether the pen can be stored in their fridge during the outbound flight (all US airlines will do this but not sure about European ones). Of course you won't need this for the return flight as the pen will have been started by then.
c) then you just need to get the pen to the plane in a chilled state and as this will only be a few hours the Frio bag should manage that ok. I have found my Frio bag keeps a pen chilled for at least 12 hours.

Alternatively give the Eli Lily UK helpdesk a call and ask their advice. I have always found them to be very helpful.

 

[david parkman]

Dennis, phoned Eli Lilly yesterday and asked about the subject, surprisingly they said it was ok to travel with an unset pen in a Frio cooler bag. Their logic was that you would be pushed to do anything else. It seems to be that the fridge temp for unset pens is more to do with those in a Pharmacy prior to being dispensed so there are no probs. Anyway on that basis have now ordered my wallet.