A life-threatening allergic attack: This is how you identify the signs and inject an Epipen

For people with sensitivity, encountering an allergen can within seconds turn into a respiratory emergency. This is what you ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Epinephrine Auto-Injector

Anaphylaxis is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can affect several organ systems in the body and may threaten breathing and blood circulation. The most common causes of ...
STAT

There’s a less intimidating alternative to EpiPens for dangerous allergic reactions. Why won’t the FDA approve it?

My son Thomas has carried around a needle since he entered kindergarten at the age of 5. That was a big responsibility for a small child to carry an injector loaded with lifesaving epinephrine, but ...
Virginia Business

FDA approves auto-injector for treatment of painkiller overdose

The Food and Drug Administration has approved an auto-injector developed by a Richmond pharmaceutical company for emergency treatment of an overdose involving powerful painkillers. EVZIO is a ...
SFGate

CT Food Allergy Mom: Allow school nurses to use auto-injector to administer epinephrine

Big news! State Rep Kim Hunter Rose has submitted Proposed H.B. No. 5537 "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AN EMERGENCY." The purpose of the Act is to to allow ...
European Medical Journal

Key Priorities for Next-Generation Adrenaline Auto-Injectors

Physicians identified key improvements for adrenaline auto-injectors, including longer shelf life and easier use, improving ...