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Anaphylaxis and EpiPens

  • 13-12-2017 5:40pm
    #1
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Just curious if any here have had a bad allergic reaction and how they have managed afterwards.

    A few months ago I had an allergic reaction (not sure exactly what triggered it though). A couple of Epi-Pen shots resolved the issue and I'm ok since.

    Naturally I now carry an Epi-Pen, with a second one nearby. But three months on and I thankfully haven't needed it. However I'm avoiding a couple of things just in case.

    How often have you used your Epi-Pens?

    My current ones have a shelf life of about a year from when I bought them, do most Epi-Pens get used or are they like safety belts/air bags that only rarely get used but nevertheless invaluable when needed?


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  • #2
    cassid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 811 ✭✭✭cassid


    My child carries an epi pen. He had two episodes that required him to carry the pen, he was 5 at the time. We are really careful with food and medicine and he takes anti antihistamine everyday. If he has a reaction, it has never gone to the level before (epi and ambulance), just an instant rash comes up but an extra dose of anti hist will calm things back.
    He is 8 now and am not sure how long he is to stay on the antihistamine, but for now it has helped.


  • #3
    inca2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭inca2


    I had an anaphylactic reaction to penicillin about 7 years ago - carried an EpiPen for a while, but don’t anymore. Thankfully haven’t experienced anything like it since but I was lucky that I knew what had caused it. No harm in keeping one with you for the foreseeable. Unfortunately, they do go out of date very quickly.


  • #4
    brightspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,637 ✭✭✭brightspark


    inca2 wrote: »
    No harm in keeping one with you for the foreseeable. Unfortunately, they do go out of date very quickly.

    At about €95 for two and lasting about a year (the pharmacist ordered in new stock so I got the maximum shelf life), it's not even the price of a pint every two weeks so I'm definitely keeping one with me always.


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