Saturday, February 11, 2012

Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine -- You've Got to Get It Right

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
4/ 5/08 11:10pm

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

4/ 7/08 12:38pm

hey gina

 

good question. i've followed up with the doctor interviewed for this piece to get more info if possible.

 

more soon


 

4/ 7/08 12:44pm

This is from the highly esteemed Dr. Estelle Simons:

 

"Regretfully, there is no additional information available yet with regard to sublingual epinephrine." 

 

 

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