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In the clinic, I often encountered patients asked me, doctor, I bought this insulin, how do I take it home? In fact, this is quite simple, like now, three nine days directly take home on the line. There are a few special cases, need to take some special measures.

Let's start with the routine preservation of this insulin.Insulin can be stored within the validity period at 2~8 degrees Celsius, this 2~8 degrees Celsius is our usual refrigerator refrigeration range, our insulin stored in hospitals, also within this range, placed in the refrigerated space, the opened insulin can be stored for 4 weeks.。

Say there are several factors that need to be accounted for.

1. When it's hotter.Just like us in the north or the south of this summer time ah, because insulin is a protein, by the environmental impact of more, too hot or cold will affect the effect of the protein, in the summer air temperature may be greater than 30 degrees, may cause insulin activity is reduced, so our insulinIf you bring it home in summer, you need to prepare some ice cubes, wrap the insulin in plastic, put it directly into the ice cubes, carry it home and then put it into the refrigerator, no other special measures are needed because this overheated environment will cause the inactivation of insulin.

2. In this current colder environment, it is unlikely that we will be able to put ourselves and our insulin in this freezing for too long a period of time, so carrying insulin in the winter, just need to carry it with you, without having to prepare too many measures, theIf we have traveled a long distance and are in an environment where the temperature varies considerably话, it is also recommended to just wrap the insulin in a plastic sheet, place it in a frozen ice cube and carry it home.

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Insulin is a protein, so keeping the drug working well has certain requirements for its preservation.

During the transportation of insulin from the manufacturer to the hospital, the whole process requires cold-chain transportation with the temperature set at 2-8 degrees Celsius for storage.

Hospital pharmacies are keeping insulin in refrigerators, again at the required temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius.

Refrigerators are set up in each section of the inpatient ward for the placement of medications that need to be kept at low temperatures. Therefore insulin placed in the department is also kept in the department's refrigerator.

This is why patients are asked to buy insulin with certain temperature settings if the weather is hotter or colder.

In the state of hotter weather, it is recommended to carry a thermos or thermos to purchase medication. By placing a stick of ice inside the thermos or cup, you can keep the insulin at a relatively low temperature, and the stick of ice can be kept in the thermos or cup for about 10 hours, so you can prepare it according to the distance you are traveling.

The weather is relatively cold, many people tucked inside the clothes on the way home, simple and rough, this way in the northeast, minus 2, 30 degrees, is not a good way, but to prevent the possibility of icing, it is still recommended to have a simple container to carry.

Due to the temperature requirements of insulin, it is not recommended that patients go to outside pharmacies to buy insulin. With the current environment of health care coverage, many patients will buy too much insulin and put it in the pharmacy to make a profit, which does not guarantee the quality of the medication, because even if there is a deterioration of the insulin, it is not easy to detect it by the naked eye, and it may only be taken into account if the blood glucose does not come down or if there is an allergic reaction.

It is not recommended that patients purchase too much insulin, as the insulin regimen is often adjusted as blood glucose changes, perhaps discontinuing or changing to a different insulin injection preparation, and 2-3 at a time is sufficient, or 1 if you are closer to the hospital.

Insulin does not require special handling or insulation after it comes out of the hospital.

When you get home put one insulin in a syringe pen to be used and just put the rest in the fridge freezer.

Insulin loaded into a syringe pen should not be put back into the refrigerator! Remember that! I'm Dr. Chung, a Chinese medicine practitioner.

Get a small portable refrigerator. Or put it in an insulated box with ice packs. One thing to keep in mind is to keep it at the required temperature haha.

preservation at room temperature

Buy a few ice cubes and you're good to go!