whether EpiPen and Twinject needles are long enough to give epinephrine IM

September 2009

There's some concern about whether EpiPen and Twinject needles are long enough to give epinephrine IM....

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Respiratory Allergy how fast their inhalers expire once they are unwrapped
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Diabetes Onglyza (on-GLY-zah), the second "gliptin" for type 2 diabetes
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