Posted by Racer on October 29, 2000, at 20:50:41
In reply to Re: Is a prescription needed for insulin? uh, why ask?, posted by Buffet on October 29, 2000, at 1:15:52
In most of the world, you buy the needles OTC, and need a scrip for the insulin. Here, though, you need a scrip for the needles, and the insulin itself is usually otc -- but there are lots of kinds, and a dr usually writes the scrip for which type it is you need. Not hard to get the stuff, but you better already know exactly which sort you need. We've actually had trouble WITH a scrip recently! Pharm gave us hell, since they didn't know the sort we needed off hand...
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