This is my family’s mantra, direction from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies in the United States) and good old-fashioned common sense. A while back Mylan®, the makers ofEpiPen® sought out entries from home videos for an upcoming education video contest. Although my daughter was not chosen, part of her submission was included in the video below: Real Patients Discuss Having Access to EpiPen® (epinephrine injection) Auto-Injectors! She is the gal in the blue top hosting her own “Leila Talk Show” while sharing that she always carries twoEpiPen®s.
The most important piece of data: Always carry two epinephrine auto-injectors! Leila carries two EpiPen®s no matter where she goes or what she does.
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https://youtu.be/lE-df9WN1RM
In case you need ideas for how to carry: check out my recent list of Epinephrine auto-injector carriers and holders: 2015 Top Notch EpiPen®and Epinephrine Carriers
One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..