#13 I've never heard of a place where you can sue people successfully for moving something like that. It was just medication, which I'm sure if OP explained the situation could get it refilled.

#15 not really. In the US at least. And if it was something like insulin they could die before they get to their next refill. Or be on the last one and haven't made an appt yet because they weren't expecting to for weeks.

Invisible illness are frustrating. People think you look ok so you much be fine. Not realizing that there's havoc going on inside you, or that they only see you on your good days when you're able to put makeup on and get out of the house for a bit, or that you're out now but you'll go home and crash for hours because that little bit of time going and doing things exhausted your body and was pushing your limit.

Why wouldn't/couldn't it be a single dose? I've seen people keep a single dose of insulin in the fridge.

I've had to take my Botox to work for a migraine injection later that day. It's an $800 prescription that I can only full every three months. I put it in the company fridge because a cooler wouldn't keep it cold enough, but that doesn't give other people rights to sample it or throw it out. It still has my name on it with a date. Ativan isn't delicate, it has a long half life with normal temperatures and is cheap, so it's definitely not the same thing.

I'm just simply saying that things like medications shouldn't be left out for all the idiots to tamper with or remove. It's the owners responsibility to keep it safe and stored right !! Soooo everyone voting me down thank you :) FyL

Also ... Ativan may be cheap but not any Tom dick or Sally can walk into a doctors office for it. I have panic disorder ... If I didn't have my meds ... I would have a complete melt down ... More scary to me than .. Anything else. It's not the cost of the medication but the benefit of her meds were truly that important and crucial your damn right she should have kept them safe so that some inconsiderate person wouldn't mess with them.

I think most people are respectful enough to not move other people's things. With the exception of this person. That could've been the only place OP could put it. Ativan doesn't need to go anywhere specific. Insulin, however (which I'm guessing is what it is) is very expensive and absolutely needs to be refrigerated. It's so ****** up that someone could be so disrespectful. You can't compare ativan and something like insulin. They're very, very different. It's not OP's fault that someone could be that inconsiderate.

Exactly. As bad as panic disorders are, you can't die from them, despite feeling like you will. You can die from not having your insulin.

I wasn't comparing the two ... I'm just saying AGAIN that if its that important .... And YOU need it ... Then YOU are responsible for it. You can't trust ppl to be responsible for your things or even give a f@&k these days.

I'm not blaming them for disrespectful idiots ... But .... If you can't leave your lunch in a public fridge without someone sneaking it why trust something so important.

#39 you actually CAN die from anxiety disorders, it is just more likely to die from lack of insulin.

Insulin is extremely expensive but one vial lasts a long time. Op could well have needed to refill their pen/pump later so taken the vial to work. It could be their last supply because one vial lasts a month. So they didn't exactly have much choice. Even if they have a spare it's a huge waste.

Insulin isn't "delicate". A vial can last at least a month without being refrigerated.

Insulin lasts up to a month without refrigeration, so the op wasn't refereeing to Insulin *edit* beat to the punch

Probably insulin

#26. You could be right, but it is a lot more common to find insulin in a flex pen that doesn't have to be refrigerated. Of course if OP is paying full price it's possible that it is in a bottle and must be refrigerated...

#30 some insurance companies pay for the cheapest possible way. I had to have dental implants. Insurance paid for nothing because to them i can just wear a retainer for the rest of my life (bull shit lol).

A number of medicines have to be refrigerated or else they'll degrade and no longer work.

The dental system is the same in the UK. I have to wear a retainer for the rest of my life too because they ballsed up a dental operation and the tooth cracked. Can't believe I got thumbed down so much for asking what it was! We have different lingo here!

It's not insulin, unless the coworker had taken it out at least a month before OP discovered it was out of the fridge.

Or if you have an insulin pump like I do. It only comes in the vial that way.

ughh this is soo true. after the first use its actually not supposed to be refrigerated. the insulin works much better if its room temp. and the body can absorb it a bit faster

It depends on the type of insulin, I think. I know my dad's current type doesn't need refrigeration, but his old prescription did. And back when I was caring for a diabetic dog, that one needed to be kept cold. I don't claim to know for sure, but this might be the one that does require refrigeration between uses. Assuming it is insulin and not some other medication.

If its super hot though it could have denatured.

My mom had one type of insulin that had to be refrigerated. I believe it was novalog but I may be wrong on which one it was. She has others that didn't need to be kept cold.

Novalog doesn't have to be refrigerated.