Your injectable ketamine medication is shipped in temperature-controlled packaging to keep it safe until it arrives. Here’s how to store it once it’s in your hands.
Storage Guidelines
Shelf-life
Millers Pharmacy
Unopened, room temperature (20°–25 °C / 68°–77 °F): 30 days
Unopened, refrigerated (2°–8 °C / 36°–46 °F): 60 days
(recommended to extend shelf life)Once opened (punctured) and refrigerated: 28 days
A&O Pharmacy and Louisville Compounding Pharmacy
Unopened, room temperature (20°–25 °C / 68°–77 °F): 60 days
(may arrive without cold packs since refrigeration is not required)Once opened (punctured), room temperature: 28 days
Best Practices
Write down the date you first open your vial so you know when the 28-day window ends as the 28-day window starts once the vial is opened, regardless of how long it was stored before.
Do not use your medication after its Beyond Use Date (BUD) has passed.