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Subject:
Vancomycin Refreezing
Category: Health > Medicine Asked by: thedoc_co-ga List Price: $5.00 |
Posted:
01 Feb 2006 12:25 PST
Expires: 03 Mar 2006 12:25 PST Question ID: 440186 |
The package literature on Frozen Vancomycin injection instructs the user not to refreeze but does not indicate why this practice is discouraged. I would like to know why refreezing is prohibited. |
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Subject:
Re: Vancomycin Refreezing
From: fishgirl5-ga on 08 Feb 2006 04:50 PST |
The thawed solution in GALAXY plastic container (PL 2040) remains chemically stable for 72 hours at room temperature (25°C/77°F) or for 30 days when stored under refrigeration (5°C/41°F). http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4SNDT4jllcsJ:www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/vancociniv_ids.htm+Vancomycin+injection+frozen+pharmacology+refreezing&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=1 It may be assumed that the structure degrades on thawing and so if it were refrozen, one would be (next time) using an unstable product. The results of which (depending on the chemistry) may result in a anything from a useless product to a dangerous one. For example look what happens to ice cream (particularly cheap icecream) when you buy it frozen, let it thaw and then refreeze...the water component separates from the fat. The water refreezes into icy crystals, crunchy, but not the same ! In other words the chemical structure is changed by refreezing with (unlike simple water) some permanent changes ocurring that change the nature of the drug. |
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