"Hacking" medicine doesn't really work. See Theranos.

First, epenephrine degrades when exposed to light so your epipencil may be ineffective from the start.

Second, parents when measured took 2.5 minutes to fill a syringe with epinephrine which is not fast enough in an emergency.

The price gouging is terrible. There are cheaper alternatives but Epi-pen has the most well known brand.

People buy Tylenol and Advil not Aspirin and Ibruprofen.

Drs have appealed to ban drug advertising. Medicine should have no place in capitalism.

Source: http://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/effect-of-light-on-epine...