The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) confirms in a new report that epinephrine is the medication of choice for the first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis and updates a 2007 report on how it should be used most effectively.

An estimated half a million epinephrine autoinjectors are coming off the market. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising patients to call their doctor for an alternative, but some say there won't be enough supply to meet the demand.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an epinephrine prefilled syringe (Symjepi, Adamis Pharmaceuticals) for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions (type I), including anaphylaxis, the company has announced.

Use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2) drugs should continue in patients with diabetes, in line with current recommendations, conclude the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American College of Endocrinology (ACE), in response to recent concerns from regulators about their safety.

Read about how children with severe food allergies should carry two doses of self-injectable epinephrine instead of just one on RxList.com

The price of the EpiPen, which treats severe allergic reactions, has gone up sixfold in recent years. It can cost as much as $700 for a pack of two auto-injectors before insurance. Parents of children with food allergies in particular are up in arms, and the increase has drawn the ire of some federal lawmakers.

After Mylan Pharmaceuticals acquired the EpiPen business, not only did the price rise exponentially, but the number of prescriptions shot up as well, more than doubling in a 7-year period for Medicare beneficiaries alone. Members of Congress — who have already been pressuring Mylan on its pricing of the epinephrine autoinjectors — are now also looking into whether the company inappropriately promoted the EpiPen, creating a need where perhaps there was none.

Another life-saving allergy drug dispenser may be available for sale early next year.

Despite a withering 4-plus hours of questioning by members of a congressional committee yesterday, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch did not give a direct answer as to why the company had substantially and consistently raised the price of its EpiPen over the past 8 years.

In a move meant to help ease shortages of EpiPen (epinephrine) autoinjectors, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended by 4 months the expiration date of specific lots of 0.3-mg products marketed by Mylan and the authorized generic version, manufactured by Meridian Medical Technologies.

Manufacturing snags at Hospira, a unit of Pfizer, are helping create shortages of a wide range of injectable drugs, some of which have been voluntarily recalled by the company, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday.

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) may improve awareness and reduce the risk for severe hypoglycemia in patients with longstanding type 1 diabetes.

Learn about FDA's removal of the Primatene Mist inhaler on the OTC market on RxList.com.

Find expert analysis of newly approved hay fever tablets versus allergy shots for symptoms relief.

After consuming small amounts of wheat protein, some people with wheat allergy can become desensitized, according to new research.