My parents took delivery of my humira and didn't realise what they were.
The injections were left unrefrigerated for 5 hours. Are they ruined or can they be used.
I fear an expensive week ahead.
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How warm did they get? I would think it should be OK if they weren't exposed to heat or sunlight. You may want to call the nurse advice at Humira to make sure. I've seen reports that say it is OK at room temperature up to 24hours.
Hopefully, this is a learning experience? My health plan doesn't even allow mail order for biologics. I have to pick mine up monthly at the pharmacy.
Jan
Hopefully, this is a learning experience? My health plan doesn't even allow mail order for biologics. I have to pick mine up monthly at the pharmacy.
Jan
The temp here at the moment is 4C and in the house it will have been about 19C so not too hot and by god there certainly isn't any sun around here.
Mine has always been delivered in an insulated container with ice packs around it, so assuming yours was delivered the same way, I would think an extra 5 hours should be fine.
Deliveries get delayed, so I'm sure they account for that at least a little when packaging it.
Calling nurse advice at Humira as Jan mentioned is probably the safest thing to do though.
Deliveries get delayed, so I'm sure they account for that at least a little when packaging it.
Calling nurse advice at Humira as Jan mentioned is probably the safest thing to do though.