How to Use epinephrine in a Sentence

epinephrine

noun
  • Every first-aid kit should have epinephrine.
    — Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Three were treated with epinephrine to calm the reaction, and one dropped out of the study.
    — Lauren Neergaard, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
  • Shea and Thomas have each had to use the emergency epinephrine shots.
    — Tonya Bauer, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • An epinephrine nasal spray is now available, too, which also works very quickly.
    — Breanne Hayes Haney, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But not all of those patients require insulin or epinephrine.
    — Lee Rood, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2021
  • Abby yelled as nurses began giving shots of epinephrine from their crash cart.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • However, the new nasal spray has a solvent that gets between cells in the nose and helps the body absorb epinephrine.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The first line of treatment for anaphylaxis is a medicine called epinephrine.
    — Gary Kleiner, M.d., Ph.d., miamiherald, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Epi-Case has a cavity that contains two vials of epinephrine.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 21 May 2017
  • This isn't possible with normal epinephrine, which isn't absorbed in the nose if taken from a vial.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
  • So why is there an EpiPen and generic epinephrine shortage all of a sudden?
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 9 May 2018
  • The team around him injected the fetus with epinephrine, then atropine.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Paul Benson was dead a full 10 minutes by the time a shot of epinephrine got his heart to start beating again.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
  • But, for the first time, injecting epinephrine isn’t the only option.
    — Natallie Rocha, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Providers will also have to counsel patients or their caregivers to have an injectable epinephrine drug with them that can be ready to be used at all times.
    — Leah Asmelash, Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The medical team administered a rescue dose of epinephrine and hooked up the new tank.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • You also may be prescribed an epinephrine autoinjector to carry with you at all times.
    — Mayo Clinic Q & A, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Many states have mandated epinephrine autoinjectors in schools and have peanut-free zones.
    — Philly.com, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Doctors are trained to respond in the very unlikely case of a reaction, with tools like epinephrine and oxygen on hand.
    — Anna Borges, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
  • When your blood sugar falls, the hormones cortisol and epinephrine are released in an attempt to raise it back to normal.
    — Julia Naftulin, Health.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • For an epinephrine injection to work, it should be given at the first sign of an allergic reaction.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 12 June 2025
  • But there wasn't an epinephrine auto-injector on board during Ulin's flight.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 May 2023
  • Treviño grabbed three syringes of epinephrine and emptied them into the man’s IV to jump-start his heart.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Patients must still avoid the food, and keep epinephrine nearby to treat a sudden allergic reaction.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Rhone said, instructing them to inject the patient with epinephrine, a medication used as a last resort to restart the heart.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2019
  • The treatment is epinephrine, which is given through an injection (an EpiPen).
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, studies have shown that being immersed in water can cause the brain to alter the balance of epinephrine and dopamine in the same way meditation does.
    — Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online, 8 June 2020
  • While this is playing out, the stress reaction in the body also triggers the release of adrenaline (also called epinephrine) from the adrenal glands.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The dog's symptoms faded after the vet administered a large dose of atropine, followed by epinephrine.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a catecholamine, a class of hormones the nervous system makes in response to stress.
    — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 23 June 2023

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