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I asked my son's allergist about those, and was surprised to learn that they cost an order of magnitude more than epi pens. He wouldn't prescribe them because he refuses to support that kind of pricing.

BTW epi pens also come with a tester.

(We have insurance so we pay a small copay for epi pens and auvi-q would be free.)

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Interesting. Our allergist said almost the exact opposite in that they refused to prescribe EpiPen because it was so much higher than Auvi-Q.

And I wonder when EpiPen started issuing testers. We had them for years (me first, then my daughter) and never got one.

Cost to patient, or cost to insurance. Auvi-Q is much greater cost to insurance, less to patient. The former is still a major concern given how that leads to increased premiums and general medical pricing inflation, even if it briefly benefits the individual.

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