Epinephrine autoinjectors available in Canada

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Epinephrine autoinjectors available in Canada Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 119 discusses epinephrine autoinjectors available in Canada. Conclusions People at risk for anaphylaxis in the outpatient setting should be advised to have access to at least two epinephrine autoinjectors especially when they are far from emergency medical care (home, travel, occupation, recreational activities). Oral medications such as antihistamines and corticosteroids are inadequate to treat rapidly-evolving, severe allergic reactions. Healthcare providers, especially community pharmacists, can access placebo demonstration epinephrine autoinjectors (trainers) to be used in patient teaching.

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Title	Epinephrine autoinjectors available in Canada
Alternate Title	Therapeutics Letter 119
Creator	Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued	2019-05
Description	Therapeutics Letter 119 discusses epinephrine autoinjectors available in Canada. Conclusions People at risk for anaphylaxis in the outpatient setting should be advised to have access to at least two epinephrine autoinjectors especially when they are far from emergency medical care (home, travel, occupation, recreational activities). Oral medications such as antihistamines and corticosteroids are inadequate to treat rapidly-evolving, severe allergic reactions. Healthcare providers, especially community pharmacists, can access placebo demonstration epinephrine autoinjectors (trainers) to be used in patient teaching.
Subject	Analphyaxis; Epinephrine; Histamine Antagonists; Pharmacists
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Notes	The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available	2023-06-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433698
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85108
Affiliation	Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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