Allergic reaction / desensitisation programme advice

[Adam]

1. If you think you are allergic, or becoming so, get an epipen - my doctor gave me two and suggested if necessary using both, one a little later than the other. If you have a serious reaction or anaphylactic shock you have very little time - perhaps four minutes. So (a) use epipen (b) Have a mobile phone with nearby savvy person on speed dial. (c) Have txt template of your current location.

There are many doctors that will simply not prescribe an epi-pen even after you have had a mild reaction. There seems to be great variation amongst doctors, some give them out to club apiary managers "just in case" and some won't give them out even after you've had a mild allergic reaction. It's the fact that they have such serious side effects if misused means some doctors are very wary to prescribe them it seems.

Adam