There is no saving on changing the amount, it's false economy at it's worse. You haven't got a cat in hells chance of recovering from type 1 diabetes, but I am interrogated everytime I put a prescription request in. Only last week the doctor's pharmacist rang me about 1. GlucoGen injection kit - was asked if I knew that they was very expensive. Informed him how expensive I would be if it wasn't prescribed - emergency ambulance, a bed in A&E plus staff who would be caring for me. 2. Why had I requested a different sized hypodermic needle - the depth size wasn't suitable because Insulin leaked out following injection. I pointed out that after having type 1 for 53 years, I do know the correct injection technique and have never used that size before, why had they changed the size without consulting me? - it was down to cost! Total rubbish! 3. On going trouble for a lot of us, blood testing strips! 4. Insulin - yes you've read it correct. Why did I need so much. After this question I hung up and stomped down to the surgery ready for battle. After much, shall we say, rather difficult conversation, they agreed to send prescription for bigger needles to chemist by late afternoon. On collection, I found they had prescribed lancets! I went back to the surgery and gave 'him' an insulin pen and a new unused lancet and asked if he could please show me how I could inject my insulin using this new cost cutting technique. Ahh, hum, mutter, with what few brain cells he had got slowly turning in his empty head a conclusion was reached ..... you couldn't inject using this, it wasn't a needle!! You couldn't make it up! When I return from my holiday I will be seeing my GP for a very long discussion. I'm absolutely fuming! As I said at the beginning of this rant, it is every time I send in a request.