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[furrbear]

Anyone know of an insulated cold carrier for Byetta pens? One that is OK for air travel past the TSA goons?

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[geometrician.livejournal.com]

A Byetta pen is approved for storage at room temperature after the first use: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/63827.php

For the purposes of traveling, if you needed to have more than one with you, you can carry it along, then refrigerate on arrival. Another option is to ask your physician to arrange for you to obtain the needed replacements where you are going. If it is another state, they probably won't be able to just give you a prescription, but may be able to contact another physician there who will do that for you.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

I believe the upper limit for Byetta is 77F. While this may be "room temperature" for some, in the southern US and desert Southwest indoor temps in and above the mid-80s are common. Outdoor travel temps as high as 120F should be anticipated.

As long as refills on the prescription are available, I've never had an issue getting it refilled at branches on a nationwide pharmacy in other states (Walgreens, Target). I'm not sure on one Rx that is a Class III controlled substance though.

[barengeist.livejournal.com]

The last time I traveled by air I put a rectangular frozen cold pack inside the upper lid/zipper compartment of the CPAP bag and kept the refreigerated stuff there. I also put all of the lancets/syringes etc. in the same bag and warned them a couple of times of all of the jabby goodness lurking in that bag as it went through security.

[urbear]

This page appears to contain useful advice.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

You probably want a Fridge-to-Go Injection Wallet.

More details at:

http://allanh.livejournal.com/520795.html

I used one of these to get a chilled Pegasys syringe from Sunnyvale to Phoenix ... in July. Worked just fine.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

How soon do you need the carrier?

[texaspenguin.livejournal.com]

For controlled substances, the prescriptions may be transferred once to another state. This includes nationwide chains. So once you transfer it out, it cannot be transferred back.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

At least a month. Have to arrange Dave's Peritoneal Dialysis details

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[furrbear.livejournal.com]

I figured I'd take a box with as many unit dose packets as I'd need with me and leave the rest at home.

[envirobear.livejournal.com]

Hey, Big Bro--I have http://www.medicool.com/diabetes/diabetes_travel_penplus.php , which is a pretty nifty, compact, efficacious, and easy-to-use little number. It works great for me to carry a Byetta pen, pen needles, and alcohol swabs for me; and a couple of insulin vials and needles for Ickus the Diabetic Schnauzer if we're on a long weekend together. It's very well-insulated, so the frozen gel-pack insert will definitely keep things cold for the 12-hour period it says, which should be enough until you can put your Byetta into a refrigerator at your destination (don't forget when you make hotel reservations to tell them that you are "an 'insulin-dependent' diabetic" and you require an in-room refrigerator).

Before I got the travel cooler, I had two other ways of travelling with Byetta or insulin--either a soft-sided lunch cooler (there are some made of the same material as divers' dry suits with a zipper closure and built-in handles) OR a simple large zip-lock bag...in either case, seal your Byetta or insulin in a separate zip-lock and put it inside with gel-packs and/or ice in a separate zip-lock bag. This has worked for me well-enough to do 8 hours of SUMMER travel from Chicago to Baltimore with a bit of ice still left if it's well-protected inside your carry-on.

In any event, ALWAYS inform TSA screeners when you're putting your bag into the x-ray machines that >THIS BAG< contains diabetes medications, needles, and testing supplies. Knock on wood, I've never had any problems with anything by doing that.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Email me with your mailing address, and I'll send you mine. I'm not going to need it now.