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Definitely confusing. I read it as though I could use my epipen if I had a heart attack (which feels like the opposite of what you should do)
by blackhaj7 3y ago
Definitely confusing. I read it as though I could use my epipen if I had a heart attack (which feels like the opposite of what you should do)
- bookofjoe 3y agoWhen I posted the article on HN I put EpiPen in quotes to make it less click-baity; HN's software removed the quotes, thus making it both confusing and click-baity. I tried....
- giantg2 3y agoEpinephrine does constrict small vessels, but I think it dialates the larger ones. Perhaps there would be some benefit there. Although an increased heart rate would be very bad if the dilation and increased BP wasn't able to put enough blood past the restriction.