Tips on travel with insulin, growth hormone, etc
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Anonymous
| Just found out my child needs a daily injection of a medication that must be kept refrigerated. We have a two week long trip to Europe this summer and I'm thinking through how to do this. If anyone has tips on traveling with injections, keeping them cold on a plane and in hotels, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! |
Anonymous
My kid doesn’t need insulin but does need an Epipen which are fickle with temps. I use a Frio case, which was originally made for insulin, I believe. You can get them on Amazon and they come in different configurations. |
Anonymous
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I purchased this for one particular eye medication I use that needs to be refrigerated. Keeps my drops cold for about 7 hours.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0757RPZVB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 |
Anonymous
| If you are talking about Norditropin, you can have the pens at room temperature for several weeks. We just take 2 pens and needles/swabs, pack it in our carryon backpack, and make sure not to leave it in direct sunlight. |
Anonymous
| I'm on an insulin pump. Insulin should be stored in the refrigerator until use, then it's okay to be kept at room temp. I'd just pack it in a frio in your carry-on bag or medical bag (if you have medical supplies you are allowed an additional bag for them if needed, though I always just put stuff in my carry-on). |
Anonymous
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We traveled for years with growth hormone - we have a small cooler, used icepacks (annoying at airport but always fine in the end). At hotels, we requested refrigerators. For the most part, it was fine. For growth hormones, at least, given the medication is not for a life threatening illness, we also just always had a few times or days when we couldn't work it out and so DS skipped. He was on a 6 day/week dose and sometimes he missed a few more days on vacation or if the hotel really didn't have a refrigerator, then we were stuck.
But this would be different if it were insulin or something else that was really more important to be consistent. |