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If you're injecting with a traditional syringe, you can see how much you're drawing into the syringe, and presumably can create an accurate dose. Assuming you a
by a3n 10y ago
If you're injecting with a traditional syringe, you can see how much you're drawing into the syringe, and presumably can create an accurate dose. Assuming you aren't untrained and panicking.
The idea behind the auto injectors is accuracy with relatively little training and skill; a parent can do it while they're watching their kid strangle. That's why you buy an auto injector instead of syringes.
Competing auto injectors have not been as accurate and simple to use, is what I've read.
I would not trust my kid's life to a hacker injector; these are medical devices that are required to go through trials. Even traditional syringes are regulated. Sure, maybe you can decide to use an unregulated injector; I wouldn't, not for my kid.
- daurnimator 10y agoExcept this isn't a purely hacker-built injector. They're using an off the shelf FDA approved injector sold as suitable for diabetics including use by children and the elderly. The hack is putting in your own needle + medicine.
- chillacy 10y ago> Competing auto injectors have not been as accurate and simple to use, is what I've read. Also legally EpiPen must be fulfilled by a brandname version instead of alternatives, and alternatives are scarce due to the difficulty of passing regulatory approval: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-dr...