# Insulin storage temperature: bad logic makes bad studies
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-storage-temperature-bad-logic-makes-bad-studies/5206
**Category:** Insulin
**Tags:** research
**Created:** [October 13, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-storage-temperature-bad-logic-makes-bad-studies/5206 "2018-10-13T06:16:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-storage-temperature-bad-logic-makes-bad-studies/5206/1 "2018-10-13T06:16:18Z")
This study spent a long time proving that insulin in a regular fridge is often exposed to temperatures outside its official storage range (as if it came as a surprise to most of us):
Medical News Today: Diabetes: Fridge temperature may make insulin less effective.
> **[Diabetes: Fridge temperature may make insulin less effective](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323258)**
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> New research warns that storing insulin at improper temperatures, either in the fridge at home or in a pen or vial, could reduce its quality.
Unfortunately, they appear to have forgotten to prove that such temperature variations would impact insulin efficiency… Their conclusion:
> Dr. Braune […] warns, “More research is needed to examine the extent to which temperature deviations during domestic storage affect insulin efficacy and patient outcomes.”
Bad logic = bad studies
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### Author:  [@Lisa](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Lisa)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-storage-temperature-bad-logic-makes-bad-studies/5206/2 "2018-10-13T12:43:00Z")
I found out after I started using MedAngel that the spot that I was keeping my insulin in the fridge was way too cold. So I moved my insulin to another spot where the temperature fell within the proper range. But I had kept it in the previous spot for at least 10 years (around when I got a new fridge) and I have never had any problems with my insulin. Anyway, I trust @Eric’s experiments more than these studies 😄
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insulin-storage-temperature-bad-logic-makes-bad-studies/5206/3 "2018-10-13T15:39:28Z")
They should put some of their temperature sensors in my car, and in @Chris’s freezer. 🤣
> They installed temperature sensors next to the volunteers’ home fridges or in their diabetes bags. These sensors took measurements automatically every 3 minutes, or 480 times per day, for a period of 49 days.