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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The doctor put all the info on the form. The med, the dose, the diagnosis. So now I bring in a cardboard box. But there is still no way to really prove the item in the box actually came in said box. [/quote]

Yes, bring in the box.

It's better for the school to be too cautious about medicine than not cautious enough, right?[/quote]

For things like epipens or albuterol I absolutely disagree.  I think epipens should be stocked everywhere the way AEDs are or the way Narcan is starting to be.  Lifesaving medication, must be given IMMEDIATELY to work best, and zero potential for abuse.  Just hand them out for free, everywhere, to everyone. [/quote]

Albuterol can cause problems if given to the wrong person in the wrong dosage, including asthmatics.[/quote]

So can Narcan, but there are strong pushes to try to get laypeople to easily access it, carry it around and administer it to people who might be (or might not be!) having a drug overdose.  At the very least, we should be able to have easier access to drugs that can save the life of an asthmatic having a severe attack or an allergic child having an anaphylactic reaction.... like with the same ease that we can have access to narcan to save the 30 year old drug addict/ criminal who passes out on the bus.  [/quote]

Yes but a side effect from giving narcan to a heroin junky shooting up in the street is very different than a side effect from a teacher giving someone else's albuterol or the wrong inhaler to a 6 year old in front of a bunch of other 6 year olds.[/quote]

You would think so but actually, 99% of rescue inhalers are albuterol.  The dosage is the same for babies up to adults, 99% of the time- 2 puffs.  It's really hard to do it wrong or give too much to the point that you cause damage.  [/quote]

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