New Epinephrine autoinjector for babies and small children!

For those of you that have kids with food allergies (or maybe you have them yourself!?) You know how scary it to be to try to eat out at times.

I don't trust anyone! How do I know if they have the same cooking utensils on my chicken that they used on seafood? 

Did they put my chicken on the same area of the grill as the seafood when they cooked it?

Are there desserts that have tree nuts on the tray? If so, Son #2 can't eat ANYTHING on the tray because it is all contaminated!

 

Whew! It can be tiring to always be on the lookout for food allergies.

If you have babies or younger kids with food allergies, that can be really scary. Because they didn't make epinephrine auto injectors for them - until now!

The FDA has approved the 1st and only auto injector for babies and small kids.

The needle length and dose of this auto injector is made just for them. 

Kaleo is the same company that makes Auvi-Q, known as "the talking auto injector". It looks very different from other auto injectors (it's about the size of a pack of gum.) And  it will "talk you through" using the device, step by step.

Kind of helpful if you panic during an allergic reaction.

I didn't see a photo of the new Auvi-Q, but its' the 0.1 dose. The dosing for older children and adults is usually 0.15 or .3, so this dosing is much less. 

If you have a baby or small child with food allergies, talk to your doctor and pharmacist about getting the new auto injector. 

It is expected to be available "the first half of 2018". 

Good luck!