A number of parents have reported that they cannot find a pharmacy to renew their child’s EpiPen Junior (150 mcg). We have contacted medical affairs from Mylan (who distribute EpiPens) who confirm that EpiPen Junior 150 mcg (not EpiPen 300 mcg) is currently out of stock in Australia and will not be available for supply at[…]
We recently reported a case of a 9 year old non-allergic boy who accidentally injected his sister’s EpiPen into his thumb (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.13553/full). Of interest we found in 2015 the Australian Database of Adverse Event Notifications documented no cases of self-injection (or ‘Injury associated with device’) for EpiPen or EpiPen Jr but in the same period, there were[…]
Normally it is instructed that EpiPen® and EpiPen® Jr adrenaline (epinephrine) autoinjectors are held in place for 10 seconds and that after removal the site of injection is rubbed. This advice has now changed. The devices have not changed, just the instruction on the label, which will now include: Reduced injection time from 10 to 3 seconds[…]
Winter is fast approaching and the influenza vaccine is one way to reduce the risk of infection from certain strains of the influenza virus. The influenza (or flu) virus can be especially serious for elderly people, pregnant women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and in young children, as well as for people with underlying medical conditions.[…]