Epinephrine Autoinjector Warning

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Epinephrine Autoinjector Warning Seth C. Hawkins, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 371-372 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.007 Copyright © 2012 Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Different autoinjectors: 4 of these 5 autoinjectors are intended for anaphylaxis; 1 is an autoinjector intended for migraine treatment. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 371-372DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.007) Copyright © 2012 Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 From left to right: new post-2010 EpiPen autoinjector; Alsuma autoinjector first introduced in 2010; pre-2010 EpiPen autoinjector. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 371-372DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.007) Copyright © 2012 Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Alsuma (left) and EpiPen (right) safety caps have identical construction and markings. The blue coloring of the Alsuma safety cap is identical to the blue used in the new EpiPen (see Figure 2). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 371-372DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.007) Copyright © 2012 Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Proposed markings for Alsuma autoinjector. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 371-372DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.05.007) Copyright © 2012 Terms and Conditions