[pukeythrowaway]

Yeah, I'm going to disagree. I visited one just today while traveling, and it was a (figurative) life saver.

I deal with cyclic vomiting syndrome, and when an episode hits, about only thing that stops it is a promethazine injection. Last night's episode had me retching every 5 minutes, starting from around 8pm. I figured since the nearby urgent care centers were closed, I'd suck it up and puke til 8am. By around 3am I gave up and was looking into where the nearest ER was. It turned out to be an ED as described in the article.

Within 10 minutes of arriving, I was already through triage, and talking to a doctor. Within 20 minutes, I'd been poked, and another 20 until I was out the door. To top it off, I was expecting the $200 co-pay that comes from a normal ER visit, but was instead met with only a $75 co-pay.

I'm gonna say this is a huge win over the alternatives.

[oliwarner]

In the UK a private prescription for this costs £1. It's IM so anyone can administer.

And FWIW, get yourself a pack of the suppository version of this. Sounds like it'll save you a lot of inconvenience and money.