Epipen Epidemic

EpiPen epidemic: suggestions for rational prescribing in childhood food allergy.

There has been a marked increase in community concerns of the risk of food induced anaphylaxis in children and a consequent increase in the provision of the self or carer injectable epinephrine (EpiPen) (CSL Ltd, Parkville, Victoria, Australia)). The Australian use of EpiPens in children under 10 years has increased by 300% over 5 years with a crude rate of EpiPen provision of 1 per 544 Austral...

Treatment of anaphylaxis: EpiPen, Twinject, or another autoinjector?

EpiPen: an R package to investigate two-locus epistatic models - retraction.

The paper ‘EpiPen: An R Package to Investigate Two-Locus Epistatic Models’ has been retracted at the authors’ request in light of their decision to change the name of their research software to Epi2loc to avoid confusion with the EpiPen R © Trademarks owned by Mylan Inc. The authors plan to republish the article under a different title in a forthcoming issue and apologise for any inconvenience ...

Audit of nurse-led-training for epipen in a District General Hospital.

BACKGROUND A community-based study in the London Borough of Hounslow, which included patients in our District General Hospital (DGH) Paediatric Department, found that most families who had been prescribed adrenaline auto-injectors could not use them properly. This prompted the establishment of a new protocol for doctors and an Allergy Clinic where one nurse was responsible for training all pati...

Epipen as an alternative to glucagon in the treatment of hypoglycemia in children with diabetes.

OBJECTIVE Fear of a severe hypoglycemic reaction is a major obstacle to achieving near-normal plasma glucose levels. Although parenteral glucagon is effective in treating these reactions, it is cumbersome to use, causes severe nausea, and is impractical in the school setting. Epinephrine is available as a premixed injection (Epipen) that may be used by all care providers. Using Epipen to treat ...