• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Funny but I dunno if I buy it tbh, using an EpiPen alone is a medical emergency requiring medical attention. It’s not something you can just shake off.

    • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Depends on the severity of the allergy. Sometimes epipens are prescribed for people who have a risk of anaphylaxis but have never actually experienced it. Which means that people doing this are still tremendously stupid, but not unbelievable.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, it keeps you breathing until you can get help hopefully. I don’t have allergies, though my dad does and carries and epi pen, but I don’t think I’d trust my body to just get over it by the time the epinephrine wears off.

    • Waldelfe@feddit.org
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      2 days ago

      Also I read somewhere that an EpiPen works in like 95% of cases. There is a small but existing chance that it won’t work and you just die from anaphylaxis.