Some auto-injection pens are counterintuitive

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Per Lav Madsen1,
Nick Mattsson2

¹Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet 2142, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
²Department of Internal Medicine, Nykøbing Falster Community Hospital, Denmark

per.lav.madsen{at}rh.dk

Type I allergy carries the risk of incorrect self treatment.1 In patients with type I allergy and established systemic reactions, treatment includes self injection of adrenaline with prefilled devices—the EpiPen device is constructed to look like a ballpoint pen. Unfortunately it is constructed as an upside-down pen: the needle emerges from …