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I’m not supposed to ever have epinephrin, so I’m not supposed to use the EpiPen because I have some weird heart thing.
From Slate ● Jan. 19, 2021
Quickly nurse and doctor gave the other three patients intravenous injections of epinephrin as an antidote, but they had already turned pale, were staggering and clutching their throats.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few drops of an epinephrin solution 1:1,000 may be placed on the tongue, and repeated three times a day, or from 5 to 10 minims of a weaker solution may be given hypodermically.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The blood pressure is temporarily raised and the heart stimulated by these treatments, but epinephrin is not used so often for cardiac failure as it was a short time ago.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The rise in blood pressure from epinephrin is due entirely to its action on the peripheral blood vessels and the heart.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
