EpiPen

If anything good has come out of the recent pricing controversy, it’s that this portable lifesaving injection called the EpiPen has become a household name. Now people who don’t have food allergies know how Indispensable it is for those who need it - Ali Jaffe

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Expired EpiPens: What You Need to Know

For people who still find the price of the new authorized generic out reach, there is another option. People can ask doctors to write them prescriptions for an epinephrine autoinjection drug, which would allow pharmacists to fill it with another brand, known as Adrenaclick. It takes a little longer to administer (10 seconds to EpiPen’s 3) but it’s far less expensive.

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 Expired EpiPens: What You Need to Know

In fact, with EpiPens, experts think the expiration date is a pretty good gauge of the injectable drug’s potency. Because epinephrine doesn’t maintain its chemical integrity and can’t remain potent for very long, those dates are among the shortest in the drug industry, at about 18 months.

5 reasons why no one has built a better EpiPen

Boston mom Denise Clark has been buying EpiPens annually for the past 16 years, ever since her son was diagnosed with a serious peanut allergy. Problem is, he won’t carry his EpiPen around with him — because it won’t fit into his pocket. “It’s large and it’s impractical,” Clark said. “Where’s he going to put it?” This underscores a simple truth: EpiPens just aren’t that great.

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