A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from my best friend from high school, Tom Avellone and his wife, Leslie. They were in town for a few days and my wife, Colleen, and I arranged to meet them for a long, leisurely dinner at a quaint little Italian restaurant near our home.
Leslie is a doctor of internal medicine and runs a very successful practice in Oakland, California. As our conversation circuitously unfolded over multiple courses of a spectacular meal, Leslie told us how she and other doctors in her office have been inundated with requests for "permission slips" from her patients, allowing them to carry their temperature sensitive medications on-board passenger aircraft. And while she was justifiably bemoaning the fact that it was yet another non-value added detail which takes her away from administering her considerable skills to her patients, I assured her that it was was one detail that was unlikely to change.
I posted a rather light-hearted story on the topic of temperature sensitive medications and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to the blog a couple of months ago which resulted in a phone call from the publisher of Contract Pharma Magazine asking me to expand on the subject.
While researching for the article, I was pleased that the TSA was not only forth-coming with information, but empathetic as well and provided sound, practical advise for those traveling with "medically necessary supplies".
The article can be read in its entirety by clicking on the attachment icon below.
