Anonymous wrote:For all those who could use an Epipen and are complaining of the cost, check out https://www.epipen.com/copay-offer/ - you can get up to 3 Epipens with a zero co-pay. This has worked great for my DD for the past 2 years. We have one for our house, one for school, and one for grandparents' house. Good luck and may nobody need to ever use one on DC.

Not really zero co-pay. Just up to $300 off your co-pay. So for those of us saddled with high-deductible insurance plans, it is still a considerable amount out of pocket. And while $300 off is much better than the $100 off they were offering, what a family needs to pay can still be a good bit.

For all those who could use an Epipen and are complaining of the cost, check out https://www.epipen.com/copay-offer/ - you can get up to 3 Epipens with a zero co-pay. This has worked great for my DD for the past 2 years. We have one for our house, one for school, and one for grandparents' house. Good luck and may nobody need to ever use one on DC.

Anonymous wrote:On field trips the teacher brings it in a backpack.
Just buy one. It's a lifesaving device
I'm sure you burn money on other random crap

You don't know how much these cost, do you? I have one....it stays home so I can bring it to camping trips, restaurants, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

I stopped sending in epipens when the school started stocking them. They are too expensive now to have multiples. The school should always have two on hand.

same here.

I don't want to share epi if two kids get sick I want mine to have priority

Anonymous wrote:

I stopped sending in epipens when the school started stocking them. They are too expensive now to have multiples. The school should always have two on hand.

Nothing ever gets misplaced and nobody is ever on leave in FCPS. They never ever make mistakes. And your kid's life is not worth the money. Thanks Mom.

And you can't sue when you knew about this allergen and didn't provide the medication needed. Other students need insulin, etc. and the school is not stocking that (among other things that students need).

And when seconds truly count, you'd better hope that there's a certified, trained staff member in that clinic the moment the emergency arises. Otherwise, you a must consider that the person covering the clinic is a volunteer and unable to administer any meds. Your student would be at the mercy of a trained and authorized staff member who would be summoned to administer the epipen. Schools train for this scenario, but does anything disastrous follow a textbook example? Your student might have to wait for the rescue squad to arrive to give the initial or additional shot. As a mom of both an insulin-dependent diabetic and a severely allergic, asthmatic kid, I've spent far too much time thinking about just such emergencies.

I stopped sending in epipens when the school started stocking them. They are too expensive now to have multiples. The school should always have two on hand.

Nothing ever gets misplaced and nobody is ever on leave in FCPS. They never ever make mistakes. And your kid's life is not worth the money. Thanks Mom.

And you can't sue when you knew about this allergen and didn't provide the medication needed. Other students need insulin, etc. and the school is not stocking that (among other things that students need).

On field trips the teacher brings it in a backpack.
Just buy one. It's a lifesaving device
I'm sure you burn money on other random crap

I stopped sending in epipens when the school started stocking them. They are too expensive now to have multiples. The school should always have two on hand.

Would you want to take the chance that the stock Epipen has just been used for another student and one is not available when your child then goes into shock (when three kids ate the unknown peanut banana bread)?

Don't be ridiculous. Send in the EpiPen if your kid has known allergins that can create such a situation. You will look like a real jerk when the school knows your kid has these issues, but you do not provide what your child needs in an emergency. What kind of parent does this?

Of course if you don't care whether or not everyone thinks you are a douche parent, go for it.