Heard about EpiPen CEO?

[Athene]

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As someone who was once married to a diabetic, I do think everyone should learn how to give an injection.

That being said, not everyone does, or would even know the correct dose to load up into a regular syringe.

If you have a life threatening allergy, and you keep you medicine and needle with you at all times, then you pass out from said allergy and the only person around happens to be the 17 year old next door neighbor, or some elderly lady passing by with her dog ( and if they do nothing but call an ambulance, you will die before they can reach you), do you want them to have to attempt to correctly load the syringe and accurately inject you?  Or just have a device you stab into a thigh and it does it correctly for you?

This device saves lives AS MUCH AS THE DRUG ITSELF.  That is why it is such a big deal.

And fu too, you selfish little man.

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:Roflol:

And what if said 17year old or elderly lady does know how to dial in the correct dose in your epi pen? They like you (if the guy does not have his pen/syringe marked) calls 911 and they step you the caller through the process of administering the shot. The ONLY difference is dialing a dose rather than extracting with a plunger.

I believe you're thinking of insulin pens, Drich. They do hold multiple doses of insulin, and have a dialing mechanism that allows the proper dose to be administered. Epi Pen auto-injectors contain a single dose; there is no measuring or dialing. 

"It's as simple as 1-2."