It is most often used for the treatment of anaphylaxis. The first epinephrine autoinjector was brought to market in 1983. Contents 1 Medical uses 2 Design 3 History 3.1 Product introduction...
Anaphylaxis (Greek: ana- 'up' + phylaxis 'guarding') is a serious, potentially fatal allergic reaction and medical emergency that is rapid in onset and requires immediate medical attention regardless of the use of emergency medication on site. It typically causes more than one of the follo...
Learn all about epinephrine, the first line treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis.
“Today’s approval provides the first epinephrine product for the treatment of anaphylaxis that is not administered by injection. Anaphylaxis is life-threatening and some people...
Anaphylaxis is a severe, generalized allergic or hypersensitivity reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. Epinephrine (adrenaline) can be life-saving when administered as rapidly as po...
FDA-approved Epinephrine Injection, USP Auto-Injector (also called Epinephrine Auto-Injector) is an affordable option for epinephrine.
Anaphylaxis is an acute and potentially lethal multisystem allergic reaction. Most consensus guidelines for the past 30 years have held that epinephrine is the drug of choice and the first drug tha...
Epinephrine Pen Injection (Adrenaclick® Auto-Injector Generic) for Anaphylaxis This video will show you how to prepare and give/use the Epinephrine Auto-injector: bit.ly/43GjgHc (6...
When treating anaphylaxis, epinephrine is generally given via an intramuscular (IM) route. This is well established to be effective and life-saving. One advantage of IM administration is immediate use (without requiring intravenous access), including by patient auto-injection. IM epinephrine is doubtless the best approach for patient self-treatment, for first responders, and for immediate treatment in the emergency department. However, intravenous epinephrine has some advantages for patients within a hospital who already have IV access (e.g. pe ...
Our analysis shows that compared to intramuscular injection epinephrine, continuous intravenous (CIV) infusion of epinephrine for the treatment of anaphylaxis has fewer adverse events, improves sym...