The stat dose kits don't have vials in them that you can draw the med out of into another needle. You'd literally have to break the glass without spilling all the med just to get to the med and then you're going to have tiny pieces of glass mixed in with the med. I have used Imitrex vials before, many times, and yes it does the same thing. The only difference is that you have to draw up the med and inject it manually. It's actually a little less painful using small SubQ syringes and with the Imitrex vials, you can get and take whatever size dose you may require (ie... 4mg or 6mg ...or less).

If you felt it was necessary to do so, the prefilled syringes in the stat dose systems can be taken out (although it might be hard to do without the pen and you'd probably want to 'practice' a way to get it out of there before an actual attack occured). Once the small prefilled syringe is out of there, you can inject the medication in you using a Q-tip or some other small object to push the med out of the syringe and SubQ into you.

TAKE NOTE: I'M NOT A DOCTOR AND I AM NOT SUGGESTING YOU DO ANY OF THIS. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THIS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY (That it can be done!)

Good Luck !!

What was described above is the imitrex tip using the vial and needle from a stat dose kit, and a Qtip. I do it all the time. It triples the doses of a one time use stat pen to 3 2mg doses. Not so hard but takes some getting used to. Even with a new pen coming, I'd recommend trying it. Blessings. lance

car key to pull out the shot and a qtip and you're good to go! did it a 1,000 x's