Thanks for the responses! I never got the PM, rebekahc, and I don't know how to access it now (?), but thanks for sending it
firebird, i am sure that is the reason, and i would love to use my old name if possible. Like I said, I haven't been here since probably this past summer, simply because (and I say this with extreme gratitude) most of my previous posts had to do with my PA daughter's various miserable preschool experiences, and we have actually been blessed with an amazing school for K so there hasn't been much to write!! But I do love checking in every now and then and "visiting" with you all!!
An update on the epi, though ... I did call Walmart (on my younger daughter's preschool teacher's suggestion), and unless the pharmacist got it wrong over the phone (which I am hoping is not the case), their twinpack is $110.70 ... far better than the prices at Target, CVS and Walgreens. So I am going to follow up today ...
I was not even aware that there was a generic option?! I plan to do some research on that as well, and if I find anything interesting I will post back. I did call Dey yesterday because my daughter's doctor at Duke wrote her a prescription for a regular epipen (not epipen jr), even though she is only 45 pounds. I wanted to confirm the weight guidelines, because when the prescription was written I was under the impression that the regular epi pen was for >40, but on the Dey website it says >66. So I verified that (I have no idea why the prescription was written that way, but now I have to hunt down another) and the rep also mention that they have stopped making single paks, which was also news to me. He said doctors were putting pressure on them to only do twinpaks because they were finding that often times one shot was not sufficient.
Anyway, will keep you posted, and thanks!