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Does Norvir have to be refrigerated?
#160532 - 09/24/05 01:10 PM
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I'm travelling through Italy on holiday for the month of October and I have recently begun taking Norvir 100 mg once a day to boost my reyetaz levels. At home I keep the Norvir in the refrigerator to keep it from getting soft and sticking together or melting in the Southern California heat. My question is how high a temperature can Norvir reach before it gets sticky or melts? Italian hotels have notoriously bad heating, either non-existent or sauna like and the heating on the trains can be spotty as well. Italy in October is usually in the upper teens or mid to low twenties C. Twenty Centigrade is about 74 Farenheit. If it does need to be refrigerated is there a nifty device to do it that doesn't depend on the fleeting kindness of Italian innkeepers or nearly non-existent refrigeration? I'm not staying in hotels with a mini-bar except perhaps in Bellagio, but Italian electricity is sometimes spotty anyway. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
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Per the manufacturer's recomendations
Refrigeration is recommended but not required if used within 30 days and stored below 77F (25C). Also avoid extreme heat or cold.
So by what you said as long as you can avoid the sauna-like temps it shouldn't be an issue.
Have a great trip!
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Why would anyone go from the U.S. to a third world country like Italy?
We know, from the Italians that live here in the U.S. that they are a worthless, cowardly culture.
Go out of your way to visit them?
You need professional help!
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what about a small cooler. I knowe some medications will technically be ok for up to 48 hrs or so. depends on the med, and i dont know about that one. but if you get a small cooler, (I've even seen some like a water cooler size). Maybe that would be useful?
Have a great time in Italy!!!
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Scotty;
When Tom was on it we would put it in the coolers in the room when we were in there then insulate it in our clothes bag during the day without a problem, some of the rooms did not have a cooler in them and they stayed cool enough in the bag, we were in Egypt for 3 weeks and Brittan for 1. In my book Italy is better in the spring than winter but if this is your first time going any time is great, don’t forget to bring be something or I will be mad, I miss not being there from March to June every year.
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Very likely, but you seem unusually hostile to foreigners. We are all strangers in a strange land, friend.
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Hmmmm, isn't October in the autumn? Nevertheless, I prefer Europe in the spring and fall when it isn't so full of bus tours. Being Scots, I prefer cool weather over hot, damp over sere, friendly people over dour. Yes, this is my first trip to Italy. I'm flying into Milan and then wandering down to Rome. I have a friend from grad school, Captain Gallo ex of the Italian Army, who consults to the Italian tourism industry these days since he was demobbed, who I will meet in Venice. His business is mainly developing strategies to encourage Brits to visit Southern Italy. Americans are small beer to European tourism since only 18% have passports compared to 80% of Brits. Thanks for the advice, there are ice machines in most hotels I hear, so I should be OK. Sadly, what I thought was arthritis, is rather the effects of high bilirubin levels.......but I won't think about that until I get back. I'll forego wearing green and yellow for the duration, and tell people I'm half Chinese. Thanks for all your good thoughts, and Godiame! (Let's live life.)
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Thank you, and I will! I'm reading Morton's Traveller in Italy and Traveller in Rome for inspiration, as well as trying to learn enough Italian to drive and order food.
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