What to do with leftover insulin?

[Snapsh0t]

Apart from chuck it away.
As a result of switching to basal/bolus a couple of weeks ago, I have five sealed pack of Novomix30 wasting space in our fridge. The local chemist could only chuck away and this irked her as much as me. Having to just throw it away seems daft to me; it's such a waste of money. Surely there must be something useful that can be done with it?

 

[Robin]

Apart from chuck it away.
As a result of switching to basal/bolus a couple of weeks ago, I have five sealed pack of Novomix30 wasting space in our fridge. The local chemist could only chuck away and this irked her as much as me. Having to just throw it away seems daft to me; it's such a waste of money. Surely there must be something useful that can be done with it?

I think there’s a charity which can send it to developing countries, but it’s name escapes me. I know @everydayupsanddowns knows, so I've tagged him and hopefully he (or someone else with a better memory than mine) will be along soon to supply the name.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Is that IDDT you were thinking of @Robin

Struggled to find mention of it on their website, but here it is!

https://www.iddt.org/here-to-help/helping-developing-countries

 

[Robin]

Is that IDDT you were thinking of @Robin

Struggled to find mention of it on their website, but here it is!

https://www.iddt.org/here-to-help/helping-developing-countries

Thank you, Mike, it was them I remembered hearing about.

 

[MrDaibetes]

I would see if the charity would take it, if not then sadly take it to the chemist to be destroyed.

 

[Thebearcametoo]

The other thing to do is to offer it to your DSN as they can use it for demonstration purposes.

 

[Snapsh0t]

Thanks, everyone. That's very helpful. So it's IDDT first then the DSN and the bin is looking less likely.