Epinephrine Autoinjector WisdomCard™

Research Notes on Epinephrine Autoinjector

What Is an Epinephrine Autoinjector?

• Drugs.com: Epi EZ Pen Medical Facts
• USA Today (via HighBeam Encyclopedia): Fast Help for Allergic Emergencies (EpiPen Epinephrine Auto-Injector)
• Dey EpiPen: About EpiPen
• Healthline: Twinject Update
• RxList: EpiPen (Epinephrine Auto Injector)

What Are the Uses for an Epinephrine Autoinjector?

• Merck Manual: Anaphylactic Reactions
• Medscape Today: Anaphylactic Shock: Pathophysiology, Recognition, and Treatment
• British Medical Bulletin: Food Anaphylaxis
• Nutrition Health Review (via HighBeam Encyclopedia): Exercise Can Induce Allergies (Exercise-induced Anaphylaxis)
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI): Anaphylaxis in Schools and Other Child-care Settings

How to Use an Epinephrine Autoinjector

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Teaching Patients to Use EpiPen
• Allergy Capital: Using an EpiPen: Pictorial Guide
• Verus Twinject: How to Use Twinject
• Dey EpiPen: How To Use EpiPen (Epinephrine) Auto-Injector

What Are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for an Epinephrine Autoinjector?

• HealthSquare: Epi E-Z Pen IM Side Effects
• Allergy Capital: EpiPen Mistakes - What Not to Do!
• Pediatrics for Parents (via Bnet): Expired EpiPens
• AAAAI: Fatal Allergic Reactions to Food
• Merck Medicus: More Education, Awareness Needed on Self-Injectable Epinephrine

What are the Alternatives to Epinephrine Autoinjector?

• Medscape Allergy & Clinical Immunology: Sublingual Epinephrine Tablets vs Intramuscular Injection of Epinephrine
• American Family Physician (via HighBeam Encyclopedia): Systemic Anaphylaxis and Inhaled Epinephrine

What are the Holistic Alternatives to Epinephrine Autoinjector?

• TauMed: Anaphylaxis

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Epinephrine Autoinjector

• FDA: Anaphylaxis: An Allergic Reaction That Can Kill
• Emergency Management Daily Brief: Convenience Store Crisis: Article on Anaphylaxis
• Allergy and Asthma Source: Doctors' Dilemma: Caught between Patients and Insurers

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Epinephrine Autoinjector

• Yahoo Groups: Anaphylaxis Internet Support | Idiopathic Anaphylaxis Support Group | The Mastocytosis Society: Online Support | Parents of Children with Idiopathic Anaphylaxis Support Group | Montreal Anaphylaxis Support Group
• DailyStrength: EpiPen for Food Allergies
• Kids with Food Allergies: Parents of Food Allergic Kids Support Forums
• Careplace Group: Exercise-induced Anaphylaxis

Controversy and Lawsuits about Epinephrine Autoinjector

• British Medical Journal: For and Against: Are the Dangers of Childhood Food Allergy Exaggerated?
• PR Newswire: Dey, L.P. Settles State of Alabama Pricing Litigation (EpiPen, 2008)
• Peterborough UK Community Website: Jackson presses ministers on EpiPen provision (2008)
• FDA: Urgent Drug Recall (Ana-Kit Anaphylaxis Emergency Treatment Kit, 1999)

Abuse of Epinephrine Autoinjector

• Yahoo Answers: What Would Happen If Somebody Used an EpiPen If They Weren't Having an Allergic Reaction?
• American Journal of Emergency Medicine (via PubMed): Intravenous Epinephrine Abuse
• Pharmacotherapy (via PubMed): Acute Renal Failure, Anterior Myocardial Infarction, and Atrial Fibrillation Complicating Epinephrine Abuse

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Epinephrine Autoinjector

• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Lifesaving Allergy Drug Out of Reach for Many in Need
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Research Findings Show Emergency Treatment Inadequate in Severe Allergic Reactions
• MediLexicon: Asthma Sufferers at Greater Risk for Allergic Shock,
• Allergy Section, Canadian Paediatric Society: Fatal Anaphylactic Reactions to Food in Children
• British Medical Journal: Adrenaline Given outside the Context of Life Threatening Allergic Reactions
• MedicineNet: Study Shows Many College Students Don't Pay Attention to Their Food Allergies
• Anesthesia Progress: Management of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office
• British Medical Journal: Making Clinical Decisions When the Stakes Are High and the Evidence Unclear
• PubMed: Epinephrine Autoinjector Articles