Thursday 9 March 2017

What is EpiPen?


EpiPen is an injection containing epinephrine, a chemical that narrows blood vessels and opens airways in the lungs.
These effects can reverse severe low blood pressure, wheezing, skin itching, hives, and other symptoms of an allergic reaction.
EpiPen is used to treat severe allergic reactions to insect stings or bites, foods, drugs, and other allergens.
EpiPen may be kept on hand for self-injection by a person with a history of an severe allergic reaction.
The company that made EpiPen is manufactured by King and marketed by Mylan.
DRUGS.COM KNOW MORE..BE SURE. (2017) EpiPen [Online] Available from: https://www.drugs.com/epipen-auto-injector.html  [Accessed: 26 February 2017]

This is a graph that I made of the cost of a single EpiPen in different countries.
BLOOMBERG. (2016) Why the $600 EpiPen Costs $69 in Britain. [Online] Available from: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-29/epipen-s-69-cost-in-britain-shows-other-extreme-of-drug-pricing-itnvgvam [Accessed: 26th January 2017].

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