Hi,

My wife suffers from severe anaphylaxis with no known trigger, her Dr. thinks it is some form of random histamine dump. I have had to use her EpiPens on her on a couple of occasions so I thought I would share.

Key think to remember about an EpiPen is that it is only supposed to buy you some time (and not very much, depending on circumstances) to get to medical help. If you ever have to administer one (or both of them in the kit) you need to get the recipient to a hospital ASAP! (Note: call 911 and wait for the ambulance, you don't want to cope with this in the car!!). This can be difficult because the "rush" from the medicine and the symptom relief can easily convince you that everything is all better. When the medicine wears off you can quickly find yourself back in a crisis mode. Even if you are past the histamine crisis the medicine in an EpiPen is placing a lot of stress on your system.

If you carry one, please be sure you know how, and much more importantly, when to use it.

-Eric