The epinephrine inside an EpiPen is the same active medicine found in a plane's emergency cardiac-arrest kit—only the formulation, dosage, and needle differ. Knowing that equivalence is what allowed Doctor Mike to treat anaphylaxis in mid-air when no EpiPen was available. This is a piece of practical pharmacology that almost no traveler knows.
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