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People with food and other allergies have a new way to treat severe reactions

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Epinephrine is the go-to therapy for anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening reaction that can happen after exposure to a food, a drug or insect venom for those who are allergic.

The nasal spray device is the same style used for the opioid-reversal medicine Narcan .

In a study of neffy in children weighing 30 kilograms or more, the concentration of epinephrine in the blood matched what was seen in adults.

Many episodes of anaphylaxis happen in the community, outside of medical settings.

Epinephrine “only works if you have it and you use it,” Bingemann says.