What is Epinephrine ?

Adrenalin, also known as epinephrine, is a medication and hormone used primarily to manage severe allergic reactions, such as anaphylaxis. It rapidly works by opening the airways, boosting the heart rate, and increasing blood pressure, ultimately reversing the life-threatening symptoms. Adrenalin is typically administered via an auto-injector, allowing for quick and efficient treatment during emergency situations.

• Persistent pain, redness, swelling, tenderness, or warmth at the injection site
• Heavy sweating, nausea, vomiting
• Tremors, shakiness
• Fast, pounding, or uneven heartbeat
• Chest pain, trouble breathing, blue lips and fingernails, swelling in the legs or ankles
• Decrease in how much or how often you urinate, bloody urine
• Dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting

• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, heart disease, asthma, diabetes, heart rhythm problems, high blood pressure, an overactive thyroid, or Parkinson disease.
• This medicine may cause the following problems:Serious skin infections at the injection site (including necrotizing fasciitis, myonecrosis)High blood pressurePulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs)Kidney problemsHeart and heart rhythm problemsHigh blood sugar
• A severe allergic reaction is a medical emergency. Go to an emergency room as soon as possible, even if you feel better after you use this medicine.
• Do not inject this medicine into your buttocks, hands, fingers, toes, or feet. Go to the emergency room right away if you accidently inject epinephrine into any part of your body other than your thigh. Epinephrine reduces blood flow, and this could damage areas that have small blood vessels, including the hands and feet.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.
• Trouble breathing