Hormones can take damage by cold?

[Frostice]

I was in town and bought a new supply of Evorel estrogen patches at the pharmacy, and on my way home I bought some deep frozen food and put it in the same bag as my hormone patches. When I got home I forgot to unpack my bag, and the hormone patches were in there for 3-4 hours and got really cold when the deep frozen food was there too.

So I wonder if my hormone patches can take damage by that cold for so long?

[Jess42]

Look on the fact portion and see if there is a temperature range that they need to be stored at. Three or four hours?? You sure put the FROST in Frostice.

[Devlyn]

I only found information stating not to store above 25 degrees Celsius.  Here is the contact information for Jannsen, the manufacturer:

Company information Janssen-Cilag Ltd50 - 100 Holmers Farm Way, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP12 4EG
Telephone : +44 (0)1494 567 567 
Fax : +44 (0)1494 567 568 
WWW : http://www.janssen.co.uk 
WWW : http://www.janssen-medinfo.co.uk Customer Care direct line : +44 (0)800 731 5550 
Medical Information Direct Line : +44 (0)800 731 8450
Medical Information e-mail : medinfo@janssen-cilag.co.uk 

Hope this helps, hugs, Devlyn

[Frostice]

There is nothing about temperature in the description. I've had Divigel before and it said 25 celcius. But nothing stands for Evorel...

By the way, I live in Sweden. Trying to call to some places but they are all closed...

[Devlyn]

I think you're OK. Hugs, Devlyn

[Flan]

With exception of drugs that MUST be stored in a cold environment, most drugs can take "trips" into cold or hot environments for a short time (couple hours) without significant damage to the drugs effects (cold) or shelf life (heat). After all, they have to have a way to be shipped to the pharmacy and the truck/plane isn't exactly a highlight of a temperature controlled environment.