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c/coldchain·submitted 1 year ago by u/adaeze_weiss

cold chain vs data logger — genuinely asking which matters more

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Posting this because I searched for it and got nothing useful. Setup: 12.5mg, week 34, injection-site soreness present but not ruining anything. I changed exactly one variable — excursion — and tracked it for 23 weeks. Result: a difference, but a small one, and well inside what I would call noise if someone else…

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u/nikhil_asante157 points·1 year ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/osman_eriksen79 points·1 year ago

gel packs last 24 hours, after that you are relying on the box itself

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u/search_before_post38 points·1 year ago

Yeah, data logger is the only acceptable proof.

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u/adaeze_weissOP117 points·1 year ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 5–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/chidi_abubakar0 points·1 year ago

stability after excursion is not zero, it is dose-dependent

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u/ms_fragmenter-31 points·1 year ago

customs clearance often breaks the cold chain, factor that in

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u/adaeze_weissOP1 point·1 year ago

Strongly agree. Peak temperature is not the whole story.

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u/emeka_delgado1 point·1 year ago

time-at-temperature integral is the dose, not just peak temperature

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u/usb_logger_ursula56 points·1 year ago

a warm courier van is a bigger problem for a mixed vial than for dry powder

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u/asks_dumb_questions55 points·1 year ago

customs clearance often breaks the cold chain, factor that in

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