I just tries to buy them at CVS and at Walgreens and both places refused to sell them to me without some evidence that I had a prescription that required the use of syringes. I don't know any more than that about it.
You can buy syringes in any pharmacy - so long as you have a legal use for them, such as you buy your insulin there or you are using them for a pet's medication and can show them the medication when asked. Most pharmacies will not sell syringes for drug use and many require a prescription for them.
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Insulin is measured in "units".
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No you don't need a prescription to buy syringes in Missouri.
no i dont think so
Yes, most drug store sell diabetic syringes with no prescription required.
The best brand of insulin syringes is called SureComfort and they can be found online. Another highly recommended brand is called BD, which is also easily available online.
ISO 8537:2007 specifies requirements and test methods for sterile syringes, with or without needles, solely for the injection of insulin. The syringes are single-use only, primarily for use in humans. It covers syringes for use with 40 units of insulin/ml (U-40) and 100 units of insulin/ml (U-100). Sterile syringes specified in ISO 8537:2007 are intended for use soon after filling as they are not suitable for containing insulin over extended periods of time. ISO 7886-3:2005 specifies the properties and performance of sterile single-use hypodermic syringes with or without needle, made of plastic materials and stainless steel and intended for the aspiration of vaccines or for the injection of vaccines immediately after filling. Upon delivering a fixed dose of vaccine the syringe is automatically rendered unusable. ISO 7886-3:2005 does not specify the design of the auto-disable feature, which is left to the discretion of the manufacturer ISO 7886-3:2005 is not applicable to syringes for use with insulin (specified in ISO 8537), syringes made of glass (specified in ISO 595), syringes for use with power-driven syringe pumps (specified in ISO 7886-2), auto-disable syringes for variable dose delivery and syringes designed to be prefilled. It does not address compatibility with injection fluids/vaccines. Available from http://iso.org
There are different sizes of diabetic syringes available. The size of the syringe that you need is determined by the dosage of insulin that you take. http://www.americandiabeticsupply.com/diabetic-syringes.html
People with diabetes need to inject insulin shots using syringes and needles. It is important to select needles and syringes with the appropriate gauge specifications as prescribed by the doctor. Precision is important because the slightest variations in the volume of insulin injections can have significant side effects.
The person using prefilled syringes has to make sure that no component or material has any extractables or leachables.
There are a few places where one may purchase plastic syringes in bulk. One may approach medical supply wholesalers, or alternatively the manufactures themselves.