HBC and Storage Temperature

[belying.livejournal.com]

A week ago, I accidentally left an unused pack of HBC (Yaz) in the trunk of my car over the entire week when I left on vacation. Unfortunately ... the temperature dropped to 15 F - 45 F all week while I was away. I know that the information recommends that Yaz be kept away from moisture and excessive heat, but since it was in really cold temperature, would it still be safe to take that pack? Or should I toss it out? :/

I'm not sure if it makes a difference or not, but I won't be seeing my s/o for a little over a month from now, so I won't be engaging in any sort of frisky activity with anyone but myself. So ... laskjdf; by the time I see him, I'll already be on another pack (which I hopefully won't leave out in extreme weather again). I sort of just want second opinions on this, pretty please. :<

Comments

[dayglow.livejournal.com]

I will preface this with saying that I am not a pharmacy tech or anything so I am not 100% sure but:

I work in a pharmaceutical research company and the general rule of thumb is that refrigerated is always okay, whereas room temp or above is sometimes not okay. Some of the drugs we test are kept in the fridge until we administer them but the vast majority of them are room temp. However, once it gets into the blood, I'd say it's 50/50 on putting the blood tubes on ice after drawing to keep the drug stable for testing.

So. My totally unprofessional opinion is that you are totally okay.

[frolicnaked.livejournal.com]

This is even less professional, but... I was on various forms of HBC when I lived in a city that routinely got to 120F during the summer (and rarely had highs below 65 in winter). I called a couple of pharmacists to check, and what they told me agrees with what you said: temperatures warmer than the recommended range are generally a bigger deal than temperatures below it.