Byetta cooling pouch
Hi all, check out the link below for an item to keep the pens cool.
It works with water only. I have used the Frio products for cooling
insulin with great results. Have a look.
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February 11th, 2005 at 4:12 am
Doesn’t keep the pen to the appropriate temperature. Might be good for
insulin, but not Byetta
Tracey
February 13th, 2005 at 3:53 pm
It sure doesn’t. I’ve had one for a few years (Frio). While it does cool
a little, it doesn’t keep the temp anywhere near the 36-41°
Thermoelectric refrigerators won’t either. They will reduce ambient
temperature by around 35° but when your room temps are up near 90, that
won’t do it.
Dave
tracey jones wrote:
> Doesn’t keep the pen to the appropriate temperature. Might be good for
insulin, but not Byetta
>
> Tracey
>
February 14th, 2005 at 1:40 am
The Frio wallet doesn’t keep the byetta cool enough. I have one I used
for Lantus, when I was on it, and it was great. I now use it for
Humalog, when I need it and am away from home. However, Byetta needs to
be kept at 36-46 degrees, so I don’t use the Frio when I transport my
byetta. I use a thermos or put it on ice with a thermometer in a Coleman
Extreme cooler.
February 14th, 2005 at 5:58 am
Byetta needs to be kept at between 36-46 degrees, even if opened.
According to Amylin, it can be kept at a combined duration of 144 hours
per pen at room temperature during the 30-day use period, but that’s
all. I count the time I keep it out of the fridge to give myself an
injection.
Don’t use the Frio wallet to keep your Byetta pen cool. You’ll ruin your
pen.
Janie
> Lantus and Byetta have the exact same storage temperatures.
> I am wondering why it wouldn’t work for the pens. Have you tried
February 14th, 2005 at 1:25 pm
Janie thanks for clarifing that for me.
Jim
February 19th, 2005 at 11:51 pm
So you bought one or what? the testimonials contain people that say it
does.. just curious…
Rebecca
February 20th, 2005 at 11:15 am
I have owned one for years (Frio) and while it works pretty good for
insulin, it won’t meet the needs of Byetta, period.
February 20th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
I’ve just emailed Cooler Conception (the link provided) and asked them
to clarify this. I don’t believe it can keep temperatures between 36
and 46 degrees Fahrenheit with evaporation alone. I wish it did, I
February 20th, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Rebecca, the Frio wallet doesn’t keep the byetta cold enough. It’s OK
for insulin, as I’ve used it for Lantus and Humalog. But not for byetta.
Janie
> So you bought one or what? the testimonials contain people that say it
February 21st, 2005 at 12:39 am
While doing research for my supervising attorney today I happened across
documentation on various forms of dementia. Guess what two of mostly frequently
named factors were: Diabetes and Obesity, followed closely by liver failure,
kidney failure, strokes, etc. Most of them are related to diabetes outside of a
head injury.
Some people have a genetic predisposition to the 20% or so of senile dementias
now identified, but the second most common kind, called vascular dementia, can
be avoided by having normal blood glucose and normal blood pressure (among other
things) and it appears that even Alzheimer’s is related to uncontrolled BG and
Hypertension. Great… So, in addition to facing all the other problems of
diabetes, there is now this little gem in the wings. And doctors are not into
early identification and treatment because right now a) it is hard to identify
what is going on in the brain and b) there is not a whole lot of treatment
available (but some appears to be coming along).
I was also surprised to find that dementia is on the rise - between 12-15% every
five years. I have a hunch that due to the diabetes epidemic and obesity
epidemic we are seeing a upward swing in the dementias. I was shocked at the
statstics that indicated 47% of 85+ individuals had at least a mild form of
dementia.
So, if you pause to ponder over whether that frito chip is really calling your
name - or the donut - or whatever your carb poison is, I suppose this is just
one more motivational factor to consider.
I went for a long walk during lunch today. Sometimes reading this data can
really motivate specific action. It was nice that mother nature cooperated with
a day that was not so steaming hot that walking is like doing water aerobics in
a hot pool.
Marsha
February 21st, 2005 at 4:57 am
I did by one and it did not keep it cool enough. The lady that sold it to me
worked at our local diabetes supply center. When I returned and told her that
my pen was not as potent anymore. She THEN said well…maybe it must have been
just insulin patients. So I think it works great for them, but not for Byetta.
It might be okay for picking a pen up at the pharmacy and using it to run home.
But not for anything longer than that.
The last pen I had I got from the Rx and straight into my cooler and headed
home and into the fridge because the last week of the pens, my sugars are not as
low as the other three weeks. So I don’t want anymore potency to leave the
drug.
Tracey