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Recycle / donate unopened and unused insulin pens?

ThePQ88

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Hi - I have recently switched from Novomix 30 insulin to Novorapid & Lantus.

However, I have 2 or 3 boxes of unopened and unused Novomix 30 disposable insulin pens.

Anyone know what's best to do with these?

Anywhere I can donate them to or places that recycle them...??

Cheers
 
The pharmacist will take them but unfortunately will simply dispose of them ie throw them out. You could simply hold on to them in case the new medication doesn't work?

Maybe we should have an online sticky thread for "passing on" unused medication?
 
asparagusp said:
Yes but once the insulin is out of the fridge and into a equally cold environment within an hour, the insulin will be useless surely?
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I'm not sure how organisations/charity's handle this @asparagusp
 
asparagusp said:
Yes but once the insulin is out of the fridge and into a equally cold environment within an hour, the insulin will be useless surely
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It can be out of the fridge for a month and be totally fine. After that its potency goes down but slightly degraded insulin is still better than no insulin.
 
I’m looking at doing this as I have a load of novorapid and levmir I don’t use. Would be good to know if anyone has anywhere else they can send it. I’m looking at the first clinic in Sierra Leone currently who have 5 type one patients in the entire country.
 
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