Should Glucagon be refrigerated?

Medicines
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Yes - I remember those two vial kits :slight_smile:

I wasn’t really complaining about the glass - I was complaining about the length and gauge of the needles.

I have no issues with glass in a plastic case, but selling a glass syringe in a cardboard box is a recipe for breakage.

/complain mode off - :unicorn: :rainbow: :lollipop:

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I have never had one with the syringe in the cardboard box. Does that depend on your country?

When they started pre-loading the syringe, I remember it always being in the red plastic case.

(A case that is good to save as a way of transporting vials and other such things rather securely, and protecting stuff. BTW!)

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@Jen pointed out that the no plastic case for Lilly glucagon is just a Canada thing.

In my case, this drove me away from the Lilly product to the NovoNordisk stuff. Bad marketing move Lilly :slight_smile:

Also, the NovoNordisk stuff I have bought was an 18 month shelf life versus the 12 months with the Lilly stuff. I still keep expired glucagon, but I usually have fresh stuff somewhere.

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The printed expiration date is just a misprint. :wink:
https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/expired-glucagon/1417/9

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:guinea_pig:

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I have never had one with the syringe in the cardboard box. Does that depend on your country?

Maybe that’s what all us poor, hapless Americans are getting when we pay three times as much for our drugs and medical care – better packaging!!

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Hmm. In the US, it appears that I get more than 12 months shelf life for Lilly. Right now I have 2 kits expiring 11/2018. So I am guessing it must be 18 months in the US

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Sorry to be the source of wrong information on this thread :slight_smile:

EDIT - We Canadians must be getting a discount for no plastic box and getting all the old stock of American glucagon :slight_smile:

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No no no! I just seems that this is widely varying across countries!

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Honestly, the approving authority (FDA, TUV, or country approver) is going to determine the expiration date. So the same product could easily have a different expiration if the approving authority didn’t agree with the data supporting extending the expiration. Also, rare, but a drug could be made in two different factories using different methods, and each could have a different expiration.

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