I attended a session at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology conference in Philadelphia about food allergy and anaphylaxis led by the highly esteemed Dr. F. Estelle Simons of the University of Manitoba and the former president of the AAAAI. Her portion of the seminar focused...
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Gina
Saturday, April 05, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Hi Sloane,
Can you expand a little on the alternative delivery methods? I know even a few years ago they were testing sublingual epinephrine on dogs and the delivery was nearly (but not quite) as fast at the injection.
There is such a fear of that needle. When will another form become available?
Take care,
Gina
www.allergymoms.com
sub-ling epi
Sloane Miller
Monday, April 07, 2008 at 12:38 PM
hey gina
good question. i've followed up with the doctor interviewed for this piece to get more info if possible.
more soon
reply from dr simons
Sloane Miller
Monday, April 07, 2008 at 12:44 PM
This is from the highly esteemed Dr. Estelle Simons:
"Regretfully, there is no additional information available yet with regard to sublingual epinephrine."
Hi Sloane,
Can you expand a little on the alternative delivery methods? I know even a few years ago they were testing sublingual epinephrine on dogs and the delivery was nearly (but not quite) as fast at the injection.
There is such a fear of that needle. When will another form become available?
Take care,
Gina
www.allergymoms.com