Shot through the thumb, and you're to blame

[sigma7]

Scary story via onlineambulance: Free pens from the drug rep! Bad news: they're epi-pens. Worse news: nobody figures it out until someone takes a full dose to the thumb.

Have I mentioned how much I like my job lately?

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[dvandom.livejournal.com]

It's a pen-sized epinephrine injector, carried by people who have serious histamine reactions to some allergen or another. Commonly carried by those who are allergic to bee stings, for instance. You feel an allergic reaction coming on, you shoot up with epinephrine (which is like adrenaline) to counter it and survive long enough to get to the hospital. If you're NOT having a reaction, shooting up can itself be very dangerous.