Pharmacy ordered VSL and it didn't come refrigerated...

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Had my follow-up the other day and got myself a prescription for VSL#3 DS. The pharmacy (CVS) had to order it; when I picked it up the next day, it wasn't under refrigeration. They weren't sure if it came that way when it was delivered, and they weren't sure if it came straight from the manufacturer or a warehouse. My coverage is through Caremark (which owns CVS) so my next step is to call and find out where it came from, and if it was warehoused, was it kept under refrigeration. Not so worried if it didn't ship that way, as it can go 7 days at room temp, but am worried how it may have been stored for an extended period of time.

Anyone with experience here? Specifically, I got a 3 month supply of 2/day so 9 boxes of 20 (ordering 90 days at a time gets me a great discount :))

If you are willing to make a batch of homemade yogurt you can test the viability of any probiotic. If it turns out runny you know it's no good.
At this time of year I think most probiotics would be OK. The summer heat maybe not so much (I live in hot Florida).

Ima- just now searching the boards and found that same thing- going to look for a recipe for it and give it a shot (if you had a recipe handy, in fact, I'd love it :))- I'm not worried about the transportation and storage in the pharmacy; I'm more worried if it sat in a room-temperature warehouse for 6 months beforehand (or are you saying room temp for that long might not be so bad?).

Had a nice long chat with the pharmacist, he said "if it comes to us on ice, or the packing box says to refrigerate, they will at the pharmacy until pickup." So who knows. They were able to tell me they order from McKesson; I don't think I'll get far trying to figure out their operations (maybe I'll call VSL for the heck of it to see if they track that sort of thing).