Hydrocortisone injection pen?

suzanne4, RN · Sep 7, 2005

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.

yogastudentRN · Sep 7, 2005

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.

I tried the yahoo search. None of the things that come up are actually a hydrocortisone pen.

I called the local Children's Hospital Pharmacy and they have never heard of anything like it. Not even a related steroid in an injector pen. I am an employee, and nothing like it is listed in the Children's Hospital Formulary that I have.

We had Solu Cortef before....this Rx is written in such a way that they cannot just subsitute a vial for a pre-measured syringe.

The actions I was referring to are finding another ped endo, or um, EXPRESSING my displeasure about being sent off with a prescription for a non-existent item. I feel like she is playing with me...she dislikes the fact that my son vocalizes at inappropriate times and is irritated when he does not follow polite social conversation convention.....he is 20 months old!!!

familymd13 · Nov 8, 2008

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.

beach_mom · Aug 25, 2010

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.

iluvivt, BSN, RN · Aug 26, 2010

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 ???

chloecatrn · Aug 26, 2010

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.