"Supervised Self-Injected Epinephrine Tutorials Improved Food-Allergic Patient, Parent Comfort Levels"
Adolescents with severe food allergies and their parents reported less anxiety about self-administering epinephrine injections after practicing with an empty syringe in a clinical setting, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. “Many adolescent patients with food allergies experience needle phobia or anxiety about self-administering epinephrine,” said researcher Eyal Shamesh, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “Although it’s a simple idea for teenagers to practice giving themselves an injection to make themselves feel comfortable, this could lead to them being confident enough to take a life-saving action using epinephrine down the road.” Learn more.
