# Question for medical Dopers - compression stockings **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197 "2009-08-21T14:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/1 "2009-08-21T14:06:07Z")
Last year, at the end of my treatment at the wound center, I was told to get a certain kind of compression stocking…it was a roll of just one continuous huge hose, which I was to cut to length to “make” stockings for myself. I’m now at the end of useful life for the stockings that were made out of that roll, and I can’t remember what it was called. I want to try to re-order online, but I can’t seem to google anything useful. Do any medical Dopers have any idea what the brand name or even the general med industry name for this product might have been? It’s sized by circumference by letter (A for the narrowest, something like J or K for the largest). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/2 "2009-08-21T14:26:29Z")
Could it be one of these? [BSN Jobst](http://www.bsnmedical.com/en/whatwedo/compressiontherapy/phlebology/page.html) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/3 "2009-08-21T14:38:27Z")
Thanks, but I don’t see the product type I’m looking for there (I went on into the Jobst website and didn’t see it, either). ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/4 "2009-08-21T14:44:08Z")
Why not call the wound center and ask? They may just give you more. That’s what my husband does. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/5 "2009-08-21T14:59:55Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Why not call the wound center and ask? They may just give you more. That’s what my husband does. That’s an idea I hadn’t thought of. I was hoping to avoid having to bother them over a year after my last visit, but you’re right that I should at least call and ask what the brand was and where I can get it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/6 "2009-08-21T19:17:32Z")
Just wanted to thank you, **picunurse**. I did call the wound care center and was told that the brand name was Tubigrips, and that they thought I needed a scrip for it. I went looking online to see if I could buy them without a scrip and found them ($120!, but free shipping) and ordered a roll. Had no problems. I can’t believe I didn’t think of calling the damn wound center myself… ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/7 "2009-08-21T19:52:10Z")
Tubigrips!!! I wonder how much marketing research went into that!! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/8 "2009-08-21T20:01:56Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Tubigrips!!! I wonder how much marketing research went into that!! Well, they’re a _tube_ of elasticized cotton, and because of that, they _grip_ your leg so you don’t need to use a pin or an adhesive or…I don’t know…a garter or something to keep them up. They work really well (I haven’t had a vascular ulcer in the last year I’ve been wearing them), and they’re much cheaper than actual individual fitted stockings. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/9 "2009-08-21T21:53:36Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Just wanted to thank you, **picunurse**. I did call the wound care center and was told that the brand name was Tubigrips, and that they thought I needed a scrip for it. I went looking online to see if I could buy them without a scrip and found them ($120!, but free shipping) and ordered a roll. Had no problems. > > I can’t believe I didn’t think of calling the damn wound center myself… Glad I could be of help. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/10 "2009-08-21T22:04:40Z")
What kind of compression do you need, if it’s something like 20-30mm or less you can get those at Walmart for around 20 bucks or so in various sizes. Just something to consider… They’re found over by the Pharmacy section usually. Sure, they’re not “custom fitted” but they seem to do the trick for me at least. YMMV. Just a (cheaper) possible thing to consider ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-medical-dopers-compression-stockings/507197/11 "2009-08-23T03:01:52Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Well, they’re a _tube_ of elasticized cotton, and because of that, they _grip_ your leg so you don’t need to use a pin or an adhesive or…I don’t know…a garter or something to keep them up. They work really well (I haven’t had a vascular ulcer in the last year I’ve been wearing them), and they’re much cheaper than actual individual fitted stockings. Yes, I can see it now. Conference table full of marketing types. Binders full of research. "Well, they’re kinda… tube-y… tube-like… and they grip… I’m at a loss. Maybe we need another focus group… " 😛