Sentences with phrase «saving epinephrine»

March 30, 2017 UChicago Medicine research finds patients face rising costs for EpiPen allergy drug Commercially insured patients who use the life - saving epinephrine auto - injector known as «EpiPen» have experienced skyrocketing out - of - pocket costs since 2007, according to research published March 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

With school nurses often covering multiple buildings, nearly one in five students who experience severe allergic reactions are given potentially life - saving epinephrine injections from unlicensed staff or students.

Clinton struck again this August, with another tweet referring to price increases by Mylan (myl) of its life - saving epinephrine injector.

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In 2015, a Massachusetts bus driver was honored after saving the life of a 15 - year - old student by injecting the student with epinephrine when she had a severe allergic reaction to peanuts, according to the bill.

«Because of the amount of time kids spend in school, and given the fact that many first - time allergic reactions occur on school grounds, it is imperative for school districts across the country to provide access to emergency epinephrine to students who may not otherwise have access to the potentially life - saving medication,» Gupta said.

Recognition of anaphylaxis, severe allergic reaction, and its treatment with epinephrine can be life saving.

The act would require each school in North Carolina to store emergency epinephrine injectors on hand — medicine that many parents and doctors say could help save a child's life.

Still, specialists worry that some patients will try to save money with a decades - old nonprescription inhaler that contains a different drug, epinephrine, best known by the brand name Primatene Mist — inhalers that also contain ozone - harming CFCs.