Hydrocortisone injection pen?

My son's ped endo wrote us a prescription for this. I used up his emergency SoluCortef shot over the weekend (Long story but he's OK)

This so called 'hydrocortisone pen" she wrote for doesn't seem to exist. It seems to be a wild goose chase she's sent me on.....can't find any pharmacist or drug website/book that lists a pen, just vials. Plus, she wrote "hydrocortisone injectable pen". No brand.

Any help here? Does this exist or am I gonna have to take some action against this woman......my son is adrenal insufficient and I have to have some kind of emergency injectable on hand.
There is no reason to need to take any action against her. What were you using before? Just have the pharmacy phone her and give you the same thing.There are actually several pens that are made, just did a search on Yahoo for "hydrocortisone Injection Pen" and there were several that were listed.You may have a better chance of finding it at a hosptial pharmacy, try contacting them first. Also check the pharmacy in the Children's Hospital in your area.

Quote from suzanne4There is no reason to need to take any action against her. What were you using before? Just have the pharmacy phone her and give you the same thing.There are actually several pens that are made, just did a search on Yahoo for "hydrocortisone Injection Pen" and there were several that were listed.You may have a better chance of finding it at a hosptial pharmacy, try contacting them first. Also check the pharmacy in the Children's Hospital in your area.

As an MD and in defense of this MD, solu-cortef IS hydrocortisone in injection form. It's the pharmacists who should be held at fault for this. The doctor prescribed the same thing you had before, in injection form. AND the pharmacist should've called the doctor to find this out, in case they were confused, instead of sending you away.

My daughter (adrenal insufficient) also requires solu cortef for emergency purposes and I have done extensive research and countless phone calls over the last 3 years to find this so called solu cortef injectable pen. I was recently told that the pharmaceutical companies have the solu cortef in an unknown category and any medicines in this category do not have enough population that requires them to test the stability of the medicine in an independent syringe. Therefore they will not produce such a product.

Why not just get the Solucortef in the vial and draw in up in a syringe. The MD is 100 percent correct...the pharmacist needed to seek clarification and get an alternate if need be...and what about the doctor on call..could you not have called and left a message with the exchange for a return call ???

No need to find another endo. I suppose you could call and express your displeasure if you wanted. Your endo probably wrote for your son's SoluCortef and then inadvertently added the "pen" part, thinking that she was writing for a growth hormone or insulin pen. These things happen occasionally. Most endocrine medications come in pen form. I think it was a simple, honest mistake.A simple call to the office will get it fixed, and really, if your son needed his Solu Cortef this weekend, instead of all of the back and forth so far this week, the pharmacist that has the prescription should have called already.