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c/coldchain·posted 1 months ago by u/adaeze_weiss

unpopular opinion: stability is massively overrated

Data

Genuinely asking, not being difficult.

Everyone in c/compounding repeats that cold chain is important. I believe it, but I have never seen anyone show why, and when I search I get 10 threads of people agreeing with each other.

Is there a paper? Is there a measurement? Or is this one of those things that is true because it has been repeated since 2023?

I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.

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u/search_before_post19 points·1 months ago

France to France takes 13 days on average, variance is 18 days

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u/bence_ibarra14 points·1 months ago

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

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u/brigade_detector6 points·1 months ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/adaeze_weissOP5 points·1 months ago

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

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u/elodie_kuipers10 points·1 months ago

Peak temperature and how long at that temperature?

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u/niels_norgaard11 points·1 months ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 10–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/transit_variance5 points·1 months ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 10–5.

Adding to this: packaging is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/coldchain_karenMOD7 points·1 months ago

Tracking number removed. It identifies both ends of a shipment.

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u/intent_to_treat-20 points·1 months ago

data logger is the standard, gut feeling is not

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u/britt_okwuosa1 point·1 months ago

This is correct. Dry powder is way more robust than liquid.

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u/hplc_hobbyistruns their own column1 point·1 months ago

lane reports need origin, destination, carrier, and actual transit days

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