Meds and power outage!

Have you guys ever run into this....Our power went out due to a bad thunderstorm. I am on humira (just started and has to be kept at certain temp). We called the humira hot line and the super nice rep said we could put on ice but the medicine could not get frozen. So I called a buddy and asked if we could keep in her fridge. On the way there my hubby passed a CVS and they were super, super nice and allowed up to store them there. Of course 10 minutes after my husband dropped them off the power came back on!

Just curious what you do in these situations!

PS Knock on wood no crazy humira side effects. Waiting for it to work!

I just went through this myself. Our power was off and on for a week because of Irene, and my Humira sat in a non-functioning fridge for several hours on two occasions. I was concerned that it may have gone "bad," so I called the Humira hotline. They told me to call my insurance company to find out if I had a "one-time override for replacement medicine benefit." I did have this benefit, so my pharmacy just had to call the insurance company to get me another pen. The woman I spoke to on the hotline seemed to imply that the Humira manufacturer would "take care of it" if I didn't have this benefit. I figured that I was better safe than sorry. Now I will be more conscious of things and take it to a friend's house with a functioning fridge as soon as the power goes out (although that will be a pain!).
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