World Health Organization (WHO) includes Epinephrine on its model list of essential medicines. The list expresses the minimum medical requirements for a basic healthcare system.
Epinephrine is a medicine used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions caused by insect bites or stings, foods, medications, latex, and other substances.
Side Effects of Epinephrine
Like all other medicine, Epinephrine can cause several side effects, although not everybody gets them.
- Skin redness, and swelling at the site of injection
- Pale skin
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty in speaking
- Pounding, fast, or irregular heartbeat
- Nervousness, anxiety, or restlessness
- Double vision
- Blurred vision
- Sweating
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Dizziness
- Weakness
- Headache
- Uncontrollable shaking of a part of your body
If you have any of the side effects of Epinephrine mentioned above, stop taking this medication right away and call your doctor.