The new treatment could be life-changing for the 33 million to 45 million Americans with severe allergies to food and other triggers.
The new spray will be marketed under the brand name Neffy . It is an emergency treatment for adults and older children experiencing life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. - U.S. health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions , the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen.
The device, marketed as Neffy, could upend treatment for the 33 million to 45 million Americans with severe allergies to food and other triggers. Anaphylaxis sends more than 30,000 people to emergency rooms and results in more than 2,000 hospitalizations and more than 230 deaths in the U.S. each year.
The new treatment could be life-changing for people with severe food allergies, said Dr. Kelly Cleary, a pediatrician and director with the Food Allergy Research & Education, a nonprofit advocacy group. Priscilla Hernandez, of Pasadena, California said her 12-year-old son, Zacky, who is allergic to sesame, peanuts, tree nuts, avocado and other foods, was traumatized when he had a reaction at school about six years ago and a nurse treated him with an auto-injector.She said, “we are over the moon” about the FDA’s approval of the spray, which Zacky will start carrying when it becomes available.
Results showed Neffy worked about as well as injected epinephrine to boost heart rate and blood pressure, which counter severe reactions. The drug is combined with a patented agent that allows it to be easily absorbed through nasal membranes.
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