EpiPen

[ep-ee-pen]

Pharmacology. Trademark.

1. a brand name for a medical injecting device that delivers a dose of epinephrine, used to treat severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.

Example Sentences

After he went into anaphylactic shock, Rex was quickly given his EpiPen and taken to hospital.

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Her mum rushed out to join her and gave a second EpiPen injection.

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Seren has now required treatment with an EpiPen six times, Gemma said, and there are some food they must try in a hospital setting, but others – such as almonds, prawn, chickpeas and lentils – the family have been told they can try at home.

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That and her mother’s cancer medication, the 9-year-old’s EpiPen and their family photo albums.

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Mixael Laufer founded the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective — self-described as an “anarchist collective” — to provide free instructions on how to make drugs like the EpiPen, the abortion medication misoprostol, and the opioid-overdose reversal medication naloxone, among others.

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