Enbrel and long flights

janie68
janie68 Member Posts: 1,186
edited 16. Nov 2009, 06:28 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hello,

I am going to jamaica in March and I asked the nurse about this. It's a ten hour flight, enbrel levels stay for about 2 weeks in your body and how can you be sure that a cool bag will keep it at the right temperature? So I decided that I am not taking it with me, yes I am at risk of a flare, but if I injected on holiday, the enbrel may be ruined anyway.

Janie

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  • bevman
    bevman Member Posts: 107
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    delboy wrote:
    As Enbrel users are aware this product has to be kept in a controlled temperature range and I am considering a long distance flight that could be 20+ hours. The question is, how the heck would I keep my medication at a controlled temperature for that long?

    I've managed on flights of 15 hours by using a small cool bag stuffed with polystyrene chips but that only just kept it with acceptable limits and that was only by storing it on the floor where it's coldest.

    The airlines are no help as they don't have any facilities these days for cooling things. Be aware also that they tried to make my med bag my one piece of hand luggage until I threatened them with action under the DDA.
    Hi delboy somebody else posted somthing on hear about taking embrel on a long hall flight a while a go they recomended a company called clinimed i think it is [TEXT DELETED] i have looked at them because i am on embrel.They say that a small one will keep things cool for 18 hours + might be worth having a look
    Laurence

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