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Per @NoNutTraveler, “the @united pilot came back, & he & the flight attendant began asking me if we had Epi-Pens. I said, of course we do. To which the flight attendant gaily said: ‘Well then, we can serve anything because he can just use the pen.’” NO! /1
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This represents a fundamental misunderstanding of anaphylaxis, including #peanutallergy. In fact, this fallacy—if you’ve got an Epipen, exposures aren’t a concern—was the topic of a past corrective ad that FDA required the maker of Epipen to air. /2 mmm-online.com/home/channel/o…
I’m speaking here as a dr & the mom of a kid who has nearly died of inadvertent peanut exposures even with an Epipen, which we always carry. Airlines & the public need to know that Epipens are a rescue med, not a preventative, & do not eliminate the need to avoid the allergen. /3
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An extremely important study was published over the weekend... (1/N)
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An extremely important study was published over the weekend... (1/N)
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We already have good evidence that oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a treatment that can change the immune response to peanut and result in clinical desensitization, as measured by the provocative dose in a post-treatment oral food challenge. (2/N)
As a result we now have an FDA and EMA approved peanut OIT product for use in selected patients aged 4-17 years, and some allergists use other sources of peanut protein in their own "unapproved" OIT regimens.
This can be life-changing therapy, but...(3/N)
This can be life-changing therapy, but...(3/N)
