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

Sloane Miller
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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

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    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


     

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    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." 

     

     

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