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Free in the UK due to the NHS - however, the NHS is reluctant to prescribe them unless there's a good chance of anaphylactic shock or life-threatening breathing
by camtarn 10y ago
Free in the UK due to the NHS - however, the NHS is reluctant to prescribe them unless there's a good chance of anaphylactic shock or life-threatening breathing difficulty, because the pens are expensive, go out of date quickly, and usually need to be issued 2-4 at a time.
- adventured 10y agoHow much does it cost the NHS?
- stordoff 10y agoEstimates from 2011: > The health economics model assumes that people who receive adrenaline auto-injectors will be allocated two epinephrine pens (EpiPens) with an average shelf-life of 6 months. Each auto-inject EpiPen costs the NHS £28.77 (British national formulary 60). This equates to £115.08 per person per year. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg116/resources/costing-report-136427293 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg116/resources/costing-rep... Edit: Current cost to the NHS appears to be: > net price 2-mL auto-injector device = £26.45, 2 × 2-mL auto-injector device = £52.90 https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/formulary/bnf/current/3-respiratory-system/34-antihistamines-hyposensitisation-and-allergic-emergencies/343-allergic-emergencies/anaphylaxis/adrenalineepinephrine/intramuscular-injection-for-self-administration/epipen https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/formulary/bnf/current/3-respirat...