#epipen #foodallergies #epipenmemes #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillnessmemes #healthcarememes #healthcarehumor
#Epipen
Ich hatte letztes Jahr große #Probleme mit #Insektenstichen. Ich reagiere auf #Stiche von #Bienen und #Wespen extrem #allergisch. Stiche von #Mücken und #Bremsen mag ich mein Körper auch überhaupt nicht, davon bekomme ich aber nur große Flatschen, brauche aber keinen #Epipen. Letztes Jahr waren so viele Mücken unterwegs, dazu war der Winter nicht wirklich kalt. Ich habe für dieses Jahr schlimmes vermutet. Letztendlich bin ich aber heute das erste Mal dieses Jahr gestochen worden. Damit komme ich parat.
If I stab myself with an EpiPen it means I like you.
#epipen #allergies #allergic #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillness #funny #Humor
Wichtiger Hinweis: wenn jemand aus deinem Umfeld einen #EpiPen hat und du vorbereitet sein möchtest, falls du ihn Mal anwenden musst: Du kannst kostenlos einen Trainer Stift bestellen. Die großen Hersteller bieten diese kostenlos an, einfach <Produkt-Name> Trainer suchen. Ihr bekommt ein Paket mit Stift und meistens Anleitungen zugeschickt.
Ich habe schon diverse fragwürdigen Tipps gehört, wie man das "üben" kann ohne Trainer, siehe Antwort auf den Thread.
Boosts ok.
Needless to say, we followed up with the bakery who admitted their mistake and have committed to reviewing their processes and retraining staff to ensure that nothing like this happens again. The next person might not be so lucky. #allergies #EpiPen #anaphylaxis #LittleHuman
For anyone needing #epipen s, especially in the US where the price is insane, here's how to make one yourself for $30 in parts.
Even better, make a couple, and give some away . . .
The part that's so hard is the actually #injection mechanism. It's one of those auto-injecting tubes where you press a button like #epipen, so thankfully I don't have to actually insert the #needle myself. But that moment when I have it pressed to my skin and I'm hovering over the button and I can't help but concentrate on the area I'm about to pierce... crazy stress. When someone else gives me a #shot, I just look away and never see when it's going in, so I don't worry. But self injection? Ugh.
"#Amneal said that the law, which was passed last year and took effect in January, was an illegal taking of its property under the #5thAmendment." #pharmaceuticals #EpiPen #prescriptions https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/amneal-asks-court-block-colorados-free-allergy-pen-program-2024-09-23/
FDA approves first nasal spray for severe allergic reactions
Neffy is an Rx epinephrine nasal spray for adults and children weighing at least 66 lbs for the treatment of anaphylactic shock.
'...the drug is meant to be available about eight weeks from the FDA approval.
In terms of cost, the fee is about $200 out of pocket.
"For people who are on commercial insurance, the cost is going to be limited to about $25," Gounder said. "And then for people who are underinsured or uninsured, it's going to be made no cost for at least some of them, which is really important, because 40% of kids in the United States are on Medicaid or public insurance.'
#PSA: If someone needs an #EpiPen they must go to the ER. The effects of the EpiPen will only last about 2 hours and you need to use that time to seek medical attention to make sure that they are stable before it wears off.
My wife had an anaphylactic reaction yesterday while at the doctors office and they said was stable (post injection) and fine to go home but a few hours later she was at the ER because the symptoms returned.
Grrrr watching #TheExorcists a new #HorrorMovie and they committed one of my cardinal sins, using lifesaving medicine wrong, specifically an #EpiPen the character was a doctor so it was extra annoying that nobody showed her what to do. Plus instructions on how to use it are printed on the thing itself. #horrormovies #HorrorMovieFan
It goes into the thigh and you hold it for up to 10 seconds.
And yes a detail like that will ruin a film for me.
I've expanded my thoughts about this on my blog, adding in the 2016 label changes (and similar peanut flour additions) and the Epi-Pen pricing scandal.
Intentionally Contaminated
Food companies are adding sesame flour to foods that didn’t have sesame so they can “comply” with new labeling requirements by always labeling “contains sesame” instead of instead of adding it to their existing cross-contamination protocols.
Meaning people with sesame allergy are suddenly finding that foods they used to be able to eat are now hazardous.
This is like a skydiving outfit deciding to stop maintaining their parachutes and disavow responsibility in their waiver instead of complying with a requirement to maintain their parachutes a little better than they were doing before.
Actually it’s worse than that. It’s like actively damaging some of the parachutes, and adding fine print saying that people who want well-maintained parachutes shouldn’t fly with them. And not mentioning it to repeat customers outside of that fine print.
You wouldn’t add wheat to a dish just to avoid having to guarantee it was gluten-free. Or add lead to your water so you don’t have to worry about keeping environmental contamination out. Or…
Ugh, those sound way too probable. People can be awful sometimes, and business has a tendency to remove ethics from decision making.
Update: Malicious compliance is a good term for it.
Not the first time
And apparently this wasn’t the first time companies have done this crap, either. After the 2016 labeling law went into effect, some companies added peanut flour to foods that didn’t have it. Not enough to impact the baking or texture or flavor…but enough to trigger an allergic reaction.
Disturbingly, I missed that previous round. I say disturbingly because I actually am allergic to peanuts, so I’m lucky I didn’t end up in the ER from something that used to be safe. I can only think of two explanations for why I didn’t notice:
By 2016, I was doing most of my grocery shopping at some of the slightly crunchier stores, and buying snacks from smaller brands that were either less likely to take that shortcut, or already had foods I was allergic to by the time I took my first look at the ingredients panel.
2016 was also the year the Epi-Pen price-gouging scandal boiled over.
Corporations behaving badly
Pharma giant Mylan had already gained a virtual monopoly on epinephrine auto-injectors. After FARE spent years lobbying for states to require epinephrine to be stocked in schools for emergencies, Mylan raised the price of the auto-injector drastically (a factor of 5 or 6), to the point where many people who needed them couldn’t afford it anymore.
Whether FARE was used itself, or a co-conspirator who used its members, I lost a lot of trust in them and stopped following their newsletters as closely. That was also the last year I participated in FARE’s Walk for Food Allergy fundraiser, and I only did that after they stopped accepting money from Mylan.
(Interesting note: The Intercept article mentions that Mylan deliberately set out to stop selling single Epi-Pens in the early 2010s and only sell the two-packs in order to justify charging more. I was already carrying two-pack at my allergist’s recommendation, which turned out to be highly fortunate the time in 2006 or so when I was hit by anaphylaxis and messed up the first injection.)
Expanded from a thread on Wandering.shop
#Allergies #corporations #EpiPen #FARE #FoodAllergy #health #Mylan
@msquebanh
I don't think I have any allergic reaction. Those two stings in a row, were just swollen.
Me (An American who just paid nearly $200 for two generic epinephrine stabbers, which was a HUGE DISCOUNT) watching Letterkenney, when the Skids have an epi pen fight:
Do I know anyone who suffers from anaphylaxis?
My late father had an unopened epipen box and I'd love to pass it along to someone who needs it, rather than recycle it back to the hospital.
I'll happily mail it anywhere in the US.
#epipen
#anaphylaxis
#CommunityMedicine
Does anyone know of an #allergist in #Berlin that will prescribe an #epipen _before_ you end up in hospital _in germany_?
@pwgtennant @ct_bergstrom @andreashandel
I wonder if writers and doctors will end up fighting over #EpiPen?
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