Traveling with injectables

[Roamer321]

I am currently injecting Prostaglandin E1 with a syringe. It must be refrigerated. We are flying to Arizona next Saturday for a week vacation. How do I transport my medication that needs to stay cold? Total time from one refrigerator to the next will be about 6 hours.

[baw1955]

I took three syringes with a dose of Trimix to Europe in June. I bought a insulin travel kit, it was helpful but did not keep the medication cold. No big deal. The Trimix does not go bad or is harmful if injected in this scenario. The efficacy decreases if not kept cold. I was gone a week, and all three shots were very effective.

[EDadvice]

A small cooler or insulated lunch tote with some ice or ice pack should suffice. That said, like the previous response, it won't harm the medication too much in a 6 hour window. It will likely lessen the efficacy since PGE1 degrades at room temperature after reconstitution, but 6 hours fridge to fridge should be manageable. The alternative is to look into EDEX. It will be more expensive but it is also PGE1 and is in single use doses that do not need refrigeration since they are not reconstituted until you are ready to inject. Perhaps look into EDEX when traveling for convenience and use your regular compounded PGE1 when not traveling?

[Roamer321]

I am back from my week-long trip and I wanted to give you the results. I put the PGE1 vial in a Small Frio pouch. I asked the flight attendant if I could put it in his refrigerator. He said they do not have one but made me a nice ice pace out of barf bags and a garbage bag We stayed in three different places and kept it in the refer at all three. I brought three syringes and it worked all three times. On the way back I just kept it in the Frio bag and have used it twice since back and it has not lost any of its potency.

[Tom-slick]

The best way is with a Small soup thermos with a wide mouth. I got a black one that is steel with a double lining. If you are using for car travel, just put ice cubes in it. Your Trimix can be in a medicine pill vial. With the cap on it will be safe from any water, moisture damage. Ice will stay frozen for about 24 hours with the screw on lid so your medicine will be cold the whole time. Plane travel TSA’s ban ice cubes carried on board, but you can get plastic ice cubes that you freeze which you can use instead of ice. You could always use reg. Ice and empty the thermos before going thru the TSA station, and refill the Thermos with ice on board the plane. To make it easier yet for going thru the TSA I got a red medical decal to stick on the black thermos exterior.I put a copy of the prescription on the outside with rubber band. If they ask I tell them it’s medication that needs to be refrigerated.

No problems!