FELLOW VETS USING EDEX ??????

[Robert66]

I get edex 40 but only use 60 units so a wise person knowing the va only gives 4 doses a month would save the extra but how ???? Refrigator freezer or neither and use next day PLEASE TELL ME what you do with extra if i can safely save i will get extra 2 or 3 shots from my monthly allotment

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[Quester]

Coming from my point of view as well as pharmacy technician. As well as a veteran having to deal with the VA.

I couldn’t recommend even slightly saving the product as it’s not how long the drug is good for but more along the lines of contamination which could lead to a serious complications.

We term products as sterile up to the needle going in then it becomes aseptic that is if we do our jobs right the risk of contamination is low. Keep in mind that we work in a clean room in specially designed cabinets to be as safe as possible.

Since as I said I’d rather skip intercourse and find pleasure with oral or manual stimulation rather than risk an infection. That is what my wife and I did until we had enough set aside and new to be able to have sex 2 to 3 times a week.

I was using the CavedJect impulse which I did prefer to the couple of times the VA sent me Edex but used both

This totally my opinion as I said I’m a pharmacy technician or a doctor or pharmacist

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[Quester]

Mind you I’m just guessing here but depending on the medication used they could have a preservative or bacteriostatic agent added. If not a problem that is what I would do in a compound that is going to be around longer than than what the tested literature says. Every thing we do where I work is based on that. I’ve seen dates range from one day to 14 days it all depends on the drug.

Freezing or refrigeration of product slows bacterial growth and drug degradation. I couldn’t find any information on freezing or why a 24 hour dating if refrigerated on plain alprostadile Edex & Caverject).

I don’t know if the medication forms crystals even if the crystals are too small to be seen the still could be there.

Medications differ in how they behave based on concentration kind of like salt or sugar you can forced super concentrated solution that is good then one crystal more creates the whole thing to start falling out of solution

Like I said I’m not a pharmacist or doctor my job is basically is to get a medication to the patient after the doctor and pharmacist processes it. The pharmacist is paid to know what a medication is and how to give advise a patient.

You could as the pharmacy that you got the compounded medication from as they may have information from that I don’t have access to.

Again it’s my opinion based on nothing more than what I’ve seen and what I would do.

Nothing keeps you from exploring like a previous post mentioned. But like any off label use it’s at your discretion.

[Robert66]

Well i have gathered a few vets who freeze the leftover and reuse so i wonger maybe the company is assuming that the user will freeze the product in the syringe it came in and that poses the danger i mix it and injected the whole amount into a trimix vial then drew from there as i use an inject ease

[Robert66]

Well seems both caverjet and edex use same instructions

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[Robert66]

Well one study says freez trimix another never freez pge1 (edex or caverjet) so i will take the middle road mix a 40 of edex use 60 units store the rest room temp and uses within i week

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