10ml vial - Any pharmacies refusing to fill?

[buck]

My Dr writes the script for 1 10 ml vial. Pharmacies walmart, costco, cvs, walgreens as well as smaller ones started switching to giving me 10 1 ml vials years ago.
Usually for the same price although that is starting to change, with higher prices being more the standard when paying out of pocket.
Manufacturers came out with a statement a few years ago recommending against multi use vials. I used to argue to get the 10 ml vial and would wait for it to show up but i don't any more as i can see them being phased out.
For a few years pharmacies would only give me 2 1ml vials per month(28 days actually) when i got them though my insurance. Till i pointed out that they were single use vials. Then they started giving me 4 vials a month.
Although i know they were still only giving others 2 vials a month.
But that is a good businesses plan as i told them as it gets more people to come into the store more often so they are liable to spend more money.

 

[usmc9191]

My doctor always writes 10ml multi use vial, and I always get 4 single 1mL vials per month. The 1mL bottles are overfilled so I make out on top. Although if I ever travel for work or vacation (fly) and want to add other oils in the bottle.... 1mL bottles do not cut it.

 

[buck]

My doctor always writes 10ml multi use vial, and I always get 4 single 1mL vials per month. The 1mL bottles are overfilled so I make out on top. Although if I ever travel for work or vacation (fly) and want to add other oils in the bottle.... 1mL bottles do not cut it.

I find there is about 1.1-1.15 ml in each 1 ml vial. According to my insulin syringe.
I am guessing 10ml vials are not equally over dosed, but have never tried to find out.

 

[malfeasance]

Well, one thing I have discovered is that there is not as much volume in a 1 mL vial.

LOL

This is important if I am trying to be exact. Draw, draw, oh, crap, I pulled a little too much. In a 10mL vial, that has never been a big deal. Just reverse course and push. Fixed. In a 1 mL vial, however, I discovered that any push results in an equal amount of vegetable oil running out of the vial, down the syringe, and all over my hand.

 

[just some dude]

i thought ampules were dumb, now there’s 1ml vials

 

[usmc9191]

i thought ampules were dumb, now there’s 1ml vials

 

[just some dude]

those remind me of the sandoz somatropin vials

good stuff

 

[nerdwithmuscles]

empower started sending two 5ml a few months ago, and weirdly enough theyre sending them in cooler bags with ice packs and saying refrigerate immediately.

 

[mysteriousmango]

My own experience over the years is it all comes down to the pharmacist and/or pharmacy technician that's working and their own personal opinion of how it should be handled. My Dr. has always written my Rx for a 10mL vial, what I've gotten are:
- 10 x 1 mL vials
- 4 x 1 mL vials
- 1 x 10 mL vial

I continued to change locations until I found a pharmacist that would dispense the 10 mL vials and just keep going back there.

 

[MrBillyMG]

Every pharmacy I used (Walmart, Walgreens, cvs) only distribute 1cc vials although my doc writes it for “10cc + 2cc”. I’ve only been able to get 10cc vials if he calls in to a compound pharmacy.

This happened to me this last time, for the first time. CVS— been using for years. Always a 10ml vial. Only filled (4) 1ml vials. Called Dr back after I finished.. let her know.. she said well it was for 10ml, I can’t write you another script. Sure as shit, 4 weeks on the spot, they allowed another refill for the remainder. Odd. And sucks!! Why I’m also subbing with my own 250mg/ml 10mL vials from ugl. God forbid they knew, they’d shut me down lol.

 

[Rawnjohnson]

This happened to me this last time, for the first time. CVS— been using for years. Always a 10ml vial. Only filled (4) 1ml vials. Called Dr back after I finished.. let her know.. she said well it was for 10ml, I can’t write you another script. Sure as shit, 4 weeks on the spot, they allowed another refill for the remainder. Odd. And sucks!! Why I’m also subbing with my own 250mg/ml 10mL vials from ugl. God forbid they knew, they’d shut me down lol.

I stopped using pharma since it was 3x the price of ugl gear, but when I did if I was self paying they would give me a 10ML vial. When using insurance they would only dispense 30 days at a time.

 

[johnjay06]

I stopped using pharma since it was 3x the price of ugl gear, but when I did if I was self paying they would give me a 10ML vial. When using insurance they would only dispense 30 days at a time.

My pharma test is 9 bucks per 4ius, so it’s cheaper for me than ug stuff. My doc only has me on 100mg a week but I run 200mg so I sub out ug stuff with pharma for a while until I stock up enough to run straight pharma for a while. I go back to 100mg about a month before my blood tests

 

[usmc9191]

My pharma test is 9 bucks per 4ius, so it’s cheaper for me than ug stuff. My doc only has me on 100mg a week but I run 200mg so I sub out ug stuff with pharma for a while until I stock up enough to run straight pharma for a while. I go back to 100mg about a month before my blood tests

Mine is also cheaper too, but honestly hate cotton seed oil. 10 bucks per script.

 

[MrBillyMG]

I stopped using pharma since it was 3x the price of ugl gear, but when I did if I was self paying they would give me a 10ML vial. When using insurance they would only dispense 30 days at a time.

My pharma was $9 for 10mL. Need to ask them about it, because it’s been $7 for the 4 little 1mL vials. Doesn’t make sense. It’s all a scam!