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`Heat of Car Can Degrade Prescription' Scattergood Urges Use of Portable Cooler in Rx Delivery Vehicles American Druggist [St Describes Recommendation for Transporting Pharmaceutical Products]

Date: 07 Sep 1970
Length: 2 pages
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SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE
ADVERTISEMENT
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11314459-4557
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30 Sep 1996
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Amer Druggist
Us Pharmacopeia
Natl Formulary
Scattergood, G.M., Kerr Glass
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Mitchum
Northwestern
Foster Grant
Noxell
Norwich Pharmacology
Norwich Products
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212
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good offers the following possible solutiun to the problem : "\\'hv would it not be a wise pre- caution to place all prescriptions for delivery in a portable picnic- type refrigerator with a coolant to insure against untoward exposure to high tetnperature, which may re- sult in loss of biopharmaceutirsl availability: " He points out that: ".a normal lrrescrilniun cieliN•ery ruute may coml,ri>e 30 or 40 stups. -,rhich nri~take from 30 minutes to 3 hours to complete in the average community. The average high temperature ex- puaure hazarci may be ntvre than 90 niinttte~.. Thiz, may exceed the saie teml>erattire level for many pruducts. If prescriptions are not <tfturdecl prutectii>n en route they may not prc,eluce the result> which the physician expected ~vhen he wro~te the prescrilstion. "lluring the sumnier munth:~ in nxlst of the t'. S., even in well air cunditic,neel vehicles, there i, u~n- <tl':\1 a~ erx raysid elevation of tent- perature m•ithin a vehicle when the nYUtur stul.•. In winter, too: '\lr. ticatterguucl notes that the portable refrigerator i(lea mirht al,l, be a.•aluahle secur- deli~- it\nie<~ tire for prescriptions erecl in the "cinter time. tiuch a re- ceptacle. m•ithout the summertime coolant, would protect the product., frr,m temperatures below the limits sl~ecifiecl in the c~~mhendia, he says. .llr. ticattergoncl warns that, for ntanx ` lyr{A-luct,. "a fati ortwtwie stnr.1; temperature is every bit a, inlpc,r- tant as the imnie{liate container whirh tnav be selected to , protect the product against evalwratiOn, oxidation. hv,-rlrnlysis, an<1 'or 14th "Remington's" has 13 new chapters Just off the press is the 14th edi- tion of "Remington's Pharmaceu- tical Sciences". Thirteen new chapters in the 2,100-page volume deal with such subject~ as drug interactions, drug nomenclature, and drug absorption. Priced at $25, the book is avail- able from drug' w,hc~lesa9'ers or'froTit~ 'Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Penna. NEW from Cover Girl, the No. I selling make-up brand Ewb S1_ 1kp Snea• 8- S_ B.•, :700 P-5 `- Srw• ha,.'. 5nm. hunr ALLOWANCES 7 E ME E WITr 10 nr, imoKe e~ a~ nar.t PLUS REQUIREMENT FOR ADVERTISING ALLOWANCE .- . .,_,n - ..r-a., METHDD OF PAYMENT ar ,~w.u .,,u«eer w.w~e ,h°.. --a..rr..~rL~- - ' _` SEPTEMBER 21, 1970 COSMETIC COUNSEL ISSUE Be on the lookout for it! Notice to ail retailers We periodically offer promotional allowances to retailers for promoting our products, Allowances are currently available on: PEPTO-BISMOL` LIQUID NORFORMS' FEMININE SPRAY NORWICH' ASPIRIN TRIACTIN' LIQUID TRIACTIN' TABLETS JENEEN" Askyour supplier's salesman for information and details about these periodic allowances in your area or write to: Sales Manager Norwich Products Division of The Norwich Pharmacal Co. Norwich, New York 13815 , rnFE W-•. o .,._.r. o«E ,0i r.m.•,„,, a METHOD OF PAYMENT Ihc.e Go.oo,a:~e- c.o.r e s, a.. INC.e. ;crpo.a,•e' o• hoae ois A .

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