View Full Version : Tried to buy insulin needles in US... WTF
kloan
28-12-2008, 04:52 PM
Man, they're retarded down here. I just tried to buy some insulin needles, told them it was for Vitamin B12 injections. They told me I need a prescription?!
So I said fine, how about if I buy them for insulin then.. Nope, don't need a prescription for insulin.. but I have to buy the insulin from them with the needles. Are they retarded?? So any joe shmoe can go in and buy a potentially fatal product no questions asked, but to buy needles for a harmless injectable vitamin a prescription is needed.
Retarded.
ummm....id try another pharmacy.....not sure about the laws in cali but i have been denied at places up here before......its legal in most states to buy needlies without a script......
kloan
28-12-2008, 05:15 PM
i've never heard of requiring a script for b12.. certainly don't in canada...
pretty f'in annoying huh? i wonder what's running through their heads when they sit there and tell you straight to your face total BS.
icey_boi
28-12-2008, 05:39 PM
you dont need a script to buy insulin?
icey_boi
28-12-2008, 05:39 PM
is it the same in canada?
Drifter
28-12-2008, 05:42 PM
you dont need a script for insulin or pins in Canada
icey_boi
28-12-2008, 05:43 PM
i knew you didnt for pins... i buy a million of em lol.
just didnt know u didnt for insulin.. kinda silly if u ask me.
gordi
28-12-2008, 05:47 PM
Why wouldn't you just get your pins from Canadian Medsupplies, anyway?
Drifter
28-12-2008, 05:51 PM
Why wouldn't you just get your pins from Canadian Medsupplies, anyway?
Becouse right now hes in California
kloan
28-12-2008, 06:03 PM
Yeah, I'm actually surprised you don't need a script for insulin.. but I read up on it and it's considered a life saving thing.. that and adrenaline.
I found the law pertaining to syringe sales OTC in California. As of 2005, there was a bill passed that allows the sale of up to 10 syringes without a prescription.
So the THREE different people I spoke with in the pharmacy were either unaware of the 3 year old law change, or they were f'in with me.
I'll try another pharmacy. If I still get the runaround, I'll just order from getpinz.com.
gordi
28-12-2008, 06:09 PM
Becouse right now hes in California
Well, all right then.
Felinecougar
28-12-2008, 09:18 PM
Go in search of a needle exchange program maybe? Ask a street person if they exist?
Born2Juice4Ever
28-12-2008, 09:36 PM
i knew you didnt for pins... i buy a million of em lol.
just didnt know u didnt for insulin.. kinda silly if u ask me.
Why do you buy so many of them? Do you collect them bro? Just wondering.
On the original topic.....wtf lmfao:mock And this are full fledge pharmacists who are supposed know their shit hu? buh humbag!!
B2J
Do you post on a us site?
They may know the laws better.
Its recently legal over there, but a study showed a third of drug stores won't give needles to you without a script
NorthOf60
29-12-2008, 12:34 AM
No surprise. Doctors rarely have a clue, I wouldn't expect a pharmacists to know any better.
broken7
29-12-2008, 02:53 AM
I've come across some incredibly dumb pharmacists, makes me wonder what kind of schooling they take.
varking
29-12-2008, 08:52 AM
Ok this maybe a stupid question but in canada you can go in and buy insulin no questions asked??
macka
29-12-2008, 09:03 AM
i knew you didnt for pins... i buy a million of em lol.
just didnt know u didnt for insulin.. kinda silly if u ask me.
not really, if some diabetic drops his jug of slin on the ground by accident, and it breaks, does he really need to waste time and tax payers money to go get a script? Not only that, if he had to go to the hospital to get a shot in an emergency, it would tie up resources better used elsewhere. It makes good sense to me to not tie up an already strained medical system for a very common problem.
macka
29-12-2008, 09:04 AM
Ok this maybe a stupid question but in canada you can go in and buy insulin no questions asked??
yep
I've been to more then one pharmacy in canada that wouldn't give me slin pins.
canadianmuscle0803
29-12-2008, 07:35 PM
i knew you didnt for pins... i buy a million of em lol.
just didnt know u didnt for insulin.. kinda silly if u ask me.
what's so silly about it? think of this situation, your a diabetic and you are all out of insulin, if you dont get your shot you will most likely die, so you go to the closest drug store and they deny you because you have no script??? oooops sorry but you just died.. its not retarded at all.. if people want to risk using insulin because they dont need it thats their problem, the pharmacy is only supplying what you require.. RON PAUL FOR PRES!!!
RON PAUL FOR PRES!!! ron paul is the f'n man!!
canadianmuscle0803
29-12-2008, 08:01 PM
ron paul is the f'n man!!
Damn right he is!!
I wish us Canadians had an option to vote for Ron for office.
icey_boi
29-12-2008, 09:24 PM
what's so silly about it? think of this situation, your a diabetic and you are all out of insulin, if you dont get your shot you will most likely die, so you go to the closest drug store and they deny you because you have no script??? oooops sorry but you just died.. its not retarded at all.. if people want to risk using insulin because they dont need it thats their problem, the pharmacy is only supplying what you require.. RON PAUL FOR PRES!!!
makes sence i guess. but you could always go to the hospital too i guess.
either way its good to know because im going to try out an insulin protocol by Maxititer soon i think.
seems that insulin may not be just for the super advanced bb'r after all
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