I've been talking to a friend this evening, and the conversation turned to eye drops. She carries some all the time because she wears contacts. I keep some around in the springtime, thanks to pollen and allergies. I'm sure she's got a bottle in her purse, and in the springtime I usually keep a bottle in a pocket.

My friend mentioned she keeps a bottle in her car too, and then we wondered whether that's actually a good thing, due to temperature swings. I know most medicines have a "preferred storage" temperature range; I figure eye drops are no exception.

But if either of us wanted to keep a spare bottle in the car, would a small insulated bag help any? Maybe it would help lessen the effect of temperature variation? Or maybe it doesn't matter as much as I think it does?

What do you know, SF?

I keep the small bottle in my pocket all the time, as well as my contacts case with fresh fluid.

Those little "jellyfish" need a swim at the worst times, so, I have learned to accommodate them.

A small cooler or even a "Yeti" style drink holder/cup with ice and a baggy for meds, should be an easy thing, to take in a vehicle.

Carry mine in backpack. I wouldn't put any meds in the vehicle for storage. Summertime heat would likely affect its integrity.

I don't wear contacts, but I do keep a bottle in my car, work vehicle, and fiancée's SUV. Allergies are a bitch.

Since posting, I've been surfing Amazon. It seems there are a number of small insulated bags/packs aimed at those who carry insulin. I wonder if something like that would help.

Like this, perhaps.

I keep my drops in my pocket. God Bless

I keep some in my laptop bag, which is with me most of the time.

Back when I was still a working pharmacist folks would ask me how to travel with insulin in the summer, my answer was to get a small thermos put their insulin and a few needles in a plastic bag with a few alcohol swabs and some paper towels (to absorb condensation) and a couple of ice cubes. The same thing would work with any meds that you wanted to keep in your vehicle short term. Yes most meds do have a temperature warning and high heat will cause them to break down faster, so a vehicle is not a good place to keep stuff that is temperature sensitive.

I have some in my car and bag I take to work. I don't carry them on my person.

I get dry eyes occasionally due to Lasik surgery. I always carry drops either in my pocket or my bag. But, As mentioned, I never leave drops in my car because of the temperature.

I have had lense replacement in both eyes, that and age has lead to a dry eye problem. I carry two or three of the “individual servings” eye drops in a shirt pocket. My doctor recommended these over a bottle of fluid due to possible contamination problems.

I keep eye drops in my bag. Having had Lasik 4 years ago, I still get dry eyes sometimes.

I do keep drops in my car. I have them in my pocket when traveling or away from the car.

I keep a small bottle in my pocket all of the time.....one never knows when one will need a drop or two!!

In my lunchbox and Get-Home bag.

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Originally posted by 12131:
Carry mine in backpack. I wouldn't put any meds in the vehicle for storage. Summertime heat would likely affect its integrity.

I have opted not to get my meds mailed even though it would cost less for the same reason. When I asked my doctor, he said don't worry about it, they sit in a hot warehouse and then in box trucks and mail trucks. I still think the heat affects them.

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Originally posted by vinnybass:
and Get-Home bag.

A prime example of my original question (assuming your get-home bag stays in your car).

If your get-home bag stays in your car, and your eye drops are in there, do you keep them in an insulated bag or something to help avoid the effect of wide temperature swings?

My GHB actually doesn't stay in my truck. I carry it out the door in the morning, & into my job when I get there. The reverse in the afternoon, coming home. Occasionally it'll be in there for fifteen minutes or so if I need to go into the store. I don't want my eye drops nor radio batteries to cook unnecessarily in the Las Vegas sun. So, no, I don't leave them in the car.

I don't wear contacts but I always have the following in my pants pockets:

A handkerchief
A bottle of refresh for my eyes - never know when you get something in your eyes or what I call eye mucus.
and chapstick. I just have to make sure that I scrunch my eyes together a bit and to not purse my lips while I'm using it.