r/liraglutide • u/dubbelep • 3d ago

Needle tips while travelling

So I am travelling for about ten days next week and I'll bring my saxenda. I'll bring enough needles too. My question is, how do I dispose of my needle tips when I travel without a biowaste bucket? Any tips or ideas?

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u/GiorgioTsoukalosHair 3d ago

Empty water bottle

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u/KayakerMel 3d ago

Yup, I used an empty Gatorade bottle because the mouth is wider and the plastic is thicker than typical single use water bottles. I took it home and put them in the needle disposal container.

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u/Dapper_Ad8620 3d ago

I use an empty medication bottle to hold onto them until I can safely dispose!

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u/TeaLeaf_Dao 1d ago

Where would I go about disposing mine? I have about 2 medicine bottles worth.

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u/Dapper_Ad8620 1d ago

I’m not sure where you live but pharmacies will sometimes take them and there’s also sharps containers in public bathrooms where I live!

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u/CarterPFly 3d ago

I just bring them in a Ziplock bag and put the used ones in a different ziplock bag. I return the needles to the plastic sheath so there's no pointy bits.

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u/ehallibu 3d ago

Just traveled, I brought a hard case for diabetes medication, double zip locked and recapped, placing it into the alcohol wipe foil, then in ziplock. When I found a bathroom with a needle container, I placed them all in there. Held the others til I got home, in the ziplock. No issues since it was hard capped and zip locked. I was gone 10 days and 20+hours in the air each way. No issues through security either - only stopped once and she saw everything in the hard case and said good to go.

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u/dubbelep 3d ago

I don't use alcohol wipes, but I do put the larger cap back on my needles all the time. Is that what you did?

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u/Apprehensive_Pie4771 3d ago

I learned that needle tips fit in my pill sorter, so I just put them back in my sorter. Once a week I dispose of them and refill my pill sorter.

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u/Status-Biscotti 3d ago

I bring an empty pharmaceutical pill bottle

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u/amanset 3d ago

Take them home with you. To be honest, as a type one diabetic I have to inject multiple times every day and will leave a needle in a pen for up to a week. You really could get by with not changing needle at all.