PUT YOUR B12 AMPOULES ON THE TOP SHELF OF YOUR FRIDGE PLEASE, DURING THIS HOT SPELL .

[wedgewood]

This will keep them potent .

[deniseinmilden]

Good idea!

Thanks for looking out for all of us!

Keep safe. xx

[clivealive Forum Support]

Advice on my box of cyanocobamalin says "Do not store above 25c" and we have been shading that temperature indoors lately with worse to come here in the "Red zone"

[Nackapan]

Yes. I've put mine in the door of fridge .Good to remind.

[Jose651]

Thanks so much wedgewood . x

[Pickle500]

Thanks.

Is there a minimum temperature for b12?

[helvella in reply to Pickle500]

Suggest you have a read of this short paper:

researchgate.net/publicatio...

Personally, I wouldn’t allow any medicine to get below 5C unless it expressly said that was suitable. Water behaves anomalously around about 4C - and, of course, freezes around 0C (or lower depending on the solution). Hence, avoid!

[Pickle500 in reply to helvella]

Very helpful and much appreciated

[wedgewood in reply to helvella]

I have a thermometer at the top of the fridge where it is at it’s warmest . It is around 8 Celsius there , but obviously colder lower down .

[wedgewood in reply to Pickle500]

The temperature at the topof my fridge is about 8 celsius . ( the warmest spot) I actually store my Hydroxocobalamin B12 there all the time , with no problems. I do know that they must never freeze !

[ACritical]

Thank you for this advice. Mine are always kept in my drinks fridge. Until needed then brought to body temperature before use.

[dollcat]

Thank you for this advice. I never thought of doing that.

[Cherylclaire Forum Support]

Ventured out into the garden at the height of the day today with a thermometer: 45 degrees !

B12 ampoules remain safely in fridge - but moved to top shelf just in case.

Thanks, Wedgewood.

[LizWilsonpa]

Aggh - I didn’t think to do this and have just seen this post.

Will my B12 still be ok to use - they’re in my wardrobe so although dark it will have got warm?

My fridge is very cold (not got a fridge thermometer but ices up at the bottom) - is it better to avoid?

On this note - what do people do on holiday when hot and taking B12 with them without access to a cool space?

Thanks.

[wedgewood in reply to LizWilsonpa]

Well, if I went on holiday to a hot place , I would give myself an extra injection , to compensate for the possibility of the injection being slightly weakened .

[wedgewood in reply to LizWilsonpa]

Your B12 will be fine to use after only a short time exposed to the warmth . It is possibly a little weakened , but 1mg of B12 is a good dose , so your injection will be OK . DONT WORRY . Best wishes ,P.S. Get 2 fridge thermometers . One for the top and one for the bottom of your fridge !

[LizWilsonpa in reply to wedgewood]

Many thanks - that’s reassuring.

[jade_s in reply to LizWilsonpa]

On a recent car trip to Germany we took an electrical cooler box with us & plugged it in the bathroom. I had looked up the hotel & when i saw there was no fridge and a heat wave was coming, i took the precaution. I'm glad we did because it got up to 28C in the room. Not nice to sleep in but meds stayed cool! When flying to warm destinations i try to make sure the hotel has air conditioning, a fridge, or both.

There's also a special bag that you have to make wet, and that's supposed to help keep meds cool but i don't think it worked very well when i tried it. A frio bag i think it's called? Look for insulin travel coolers.

[wedgewood in reply to jade_s]

Thanks for that info. 👍

[LizWilsonpa in reply to jade_s]

Thanks - will look into this.