The most effective, life-saving treatment for a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) is epinephrine. Yet a 2018 study showed that in an emergency, 52 percent of adults with potentially life-threatening allergies didn’t use the epinephrine auto-injectors (EAI), also called epi pens, which they were prescribed. The study, published in June in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and… Continue reading More Than Half of US Adults Who Are Prescribed Epinephrine Don’t Use It in an Emergency
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EpiPens Not Used Often Enough
Sudden allergic reactions can be fatal. The most common triggers of such reactions, also known as anaphylaxis, are wasp and bee venoms, legumes (pul, animal proteins, and painkiller. The incidence of anaphylaxis is age-dependent. Although epinephrine administered by injection is a know effective antidote, the treatment is not used often enough – at least not in German=speaking countries — , according to a study published in the June 2014 issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.