Background Epinephrine injection (Epipen) is the definitive treatment for anaphylaxis. Life threatening airway, breathing or circulation manifestations or minor reactions that is skin or other ...
Doctors continued to investigate how adrenaline works during the early part of the 20th century. In the past 100 years, it's been extensively studied, with more than 12,000 studies referencing it.
He relies on the adrenaline pens in case of a severe anaphylactic reaction. But problems in the production of EpiPen, the biggest brand of adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) on the market, have led to ...
People with severe allergies often carry epinephrine with them in an injectable device known as an Epi-Pen. An epinephrine ...
There's a very good reason why the EpiPen's 500% price increase drew so much attention, even though there are other emergency auto-injecting devices available that can be used to treat severe ...
Read the Patient Information Leaflet and Instructions for Use provided by your pharmacist before you need to use epinephrine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your ...
Epinephrine 0.15mg (1:2000); prefilled auto-injector; contains sulfites. Epinephrine acts on both alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors. Through its action on alpha-adrenergic receptors ...
The number of epinephrine pens in circulation is steadily rising; this episode of accidental injection is hardly an isolated case. Even the high epinephrine dose that this patient received ...
1 In a recent study assessing the extent of nut allergy in school children within the Severn NHS Trust, 26% of allergic children had an EpiPen at school. 2 In association with increased prescription ...