State senator (R) offers an alternative to costly EpiPen - and a response (not mine)

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4. funny. some of this is overstated, as epipens don't do half of this.

the advantage of epipens is that it's premeasured as the correct dosage (assuming you bought the right size), loaded and ready to go.

but you just jam it into your leg. no pinching of flesh, no retracting of plunger to look for blood. just jam it in and go.


so some of this detailed description is to allow for a more careful process (refining the dosage instead of picking one of epipen's two possible dosages, making sure it doesn't go directly into a blood vessel, etc.)

if it's ok for epipen to skip these steps, it's no worse to skip those steps when using a normal syringe.



still, the point is made. epipens are used in emergency situation, and normally by non-professionals, if not absolutely panicked parents. you don't want to make the process any more complicated than necessary.