I watched a show about the Epi Pen. It is epinephrine in an auto injectable pen delivery device. The “medicine” works to lessen your body’s reaction to the poison. The poison doesn’t kill you, your body’s response kills you. My kid brother has had some sort of injectable since the 70”s, because he is allergic to bees, especially honeybees.
When my parents purchased his things they were fairly cheap. Then one of the two makers stopped production, and the other company- Mylan Pharmaceutical decided to begin gouging. The price skyrocketed and this has caused many people to choose life without the safety a pen provides. Talking about kids here folks. The owner of the company was interviewed and basically is a heartless scoundrel. Didn’t care one bit about the lives of children, rather was only concerned with what their parents would give him. Scumbags giving Big Pharma a bad name. Just horrible that they are gouging parents wanting to provide life saving devices to their kids.
My brother has to keep his injectables, and tablets, within reach at all times. His hand swelled up like a rubber glove being inflated. Amazing to see his body reacting that way. You will likely need to keep a pen at home and with you when out and about.
The insurance company does not wish to pay this horribly greedy man, so you will need to be persistent. I think buying it outright is like $700 or so for what you will need to have on hand. I highly recommend that you get the pens anyways- which is exactly why the man has jacked up his prices. It can rapidly shut down your over reaction to bee stings and give you the time needed to get help.
Fireants can also instill the reaction. Bees are different than wasps and yellow jackets are wasps. They eat meat and sugar and deliver a pulsating sting that shoots up your arm. The worse sting I ever got was from a small ground dwelling bumble bee. Hurt worse than hornets, wasps, and yes yellow jackets, too. There was a huge yellow jacket in Virginia. This thing lives in holes and looks like a yellow jacket that is about three inches long. I doused one with gasoline, and he came out of his hole, looked at me and flew off. Amazing.
Good luck.
