Ted Fischer wrote:
>
>   REGARDING           RE>Immune reactions
>
> Chris Allen wrote (10/14/96):
> >Is "Epipen" a trade name? This stuff may be known by different names in
> other parts of the world.
> Please let us known its full generic name so that we can talk to our local
> doctors and chemists any where in the world.<
>
> Epipen is an American trade name for an epinephrine solution included with a
> self-injector, specifically for systemic allergic reactions (anaphylacsis).  I
> do not know the strength of the solution nor the amount in a single dosage,
> but the above description should be adequate for international physicians to
> recognize and prescribe the regional counterpart.
>
> Ted Fischer
 
Be it known to all of you who are not from the United States of America that
Epinephrine is called Adrenaline outside the Americas, perhaps the name is
even restricted to North America. Any hospital doctor will use adrenaline
= epinephrine against anaphylactic shock. The use of adrenaline is not
without risk, although the risks involved in anaphylaxis are bigger. The
Epipen is an automatic injection system that is fairly safe in the hands of
a layman as long as he adheres to the instructions. You be stupid and it
might kill you, but there is no alternative: anaphylactic shock may also
kill you. I do not know if it is marketed under other brandnames in other
countries.
 
 
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