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thebibliosphere: karawatermelon: lethargicactionhero: erykahisnotokay: runawayhurricane: totalharmonycycle: southernrepublicangirl: Ah the free market at work. (Similar to when I went to CVS to pickup a 90$ prescription and they had their own generic version for 7.99). This is important! Tell your Friends. I can’t believe some insurances quit covering them From Slate: The generic Adrenaclick will cost $109.99 for two doses, compared with $649.99 for the same amount of drug in an EpiPen. That’s good news, both for financial and safety reasons: STAT reported last year that some parents and institutions had begun filling up syringes with epinephrine as a cost-cutting measure, a DIY solution that could pose great risk to the children who may have eventually needed injections. A more affordable alternative will help ensure safer epinephrine injections. That’s assuming, though, that the people who need these devices know exactly what to ask for when they’re sitting in their doctors’ offices. Otherwise, they’ll still be stuck with the overpriced product. Here’s why: The mechanism by which Adrenaclick injects the drug is slightly different from EpiPen’s mechanism, so the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that the two are not therapeutically equivalent. That distinction is important because it means a prescription for an EpiPen cannot be filled with Adrenaclick. If you want the cheaper option, you have to have an Adrenaclick prescription. You must ask your doctor for an Adrenaclick prescription! I also found a coupon from Impax on 0.15mg and 0.3mg epinephrine injection, USP auto-injectors, which appear to be the generic version of Adrenaclick; these coupons cover up to $100 per pack for 3 packs of these injectors (6 total injectors). Some customers may be automatically eligible for $100 off the retail price thus only paying $10 for a pack, but this may be good backup for those who for whatever reason do not meet those requirements. Pass this information on, potentially save a life. @thebibliosphere are you aware of this already? Yep! But it’s always good info to boost! Also, just while I’ve got you all here, there were two major recalls on EPI pen alternatives this year in 2020. One in the UK and in the US (I knew about them because I’m a UK citizen living in the US and have prescriptions for both.) For the UK any patients issued the Emerade 150 microgram auto-injector pen need to return all their current pens and have them changed for another brand due to a fault in the delivery mechanism system that potentially prevents the administration of life saving doses of epinephrine. If you use Emerade instead of an EPI pen, contact your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible. Recall is dated as recent as March 4th 2020 ID: an image of an Emerade 150 microgram auto-injector. In the US there have been recent recalls for the Amneal/Impax 0.3mg Epinephrine Auto-Injectors. There is a vital safety component missing, which may mean people get a double dose of epinephrine and suffer severe side effects. This recall is dated active as on June 1st 2020. If you use Anmeal/Impax, you need to check your pen for this fault. ID: an image of two yellow boxes bearing the bran names ‘Impax’ and ‘Amneal’ with their brand of epinephrine auto-injectors, one is blue, the other is in its yellow safety case. If you are confused by the instructions listed on the FDA/Drugs website, Snack Safely.com has a great visual tutorial on how take your pen safely out the case and check it to make sure the yellow safety tab is in place. Reblog to literally save lives, please! -- source link