When I posted the article on HN I put EpiPen in quotes to make it less click-baity; HN's software removed the quotes, thus making it both confusing and click-baity. I tried....
Epinephrine does constrict small vessels, but I think it dialates the larger ones. Perhaps there would be some benefit there. Although an increased heart rate would be very bad if the dilation and increased BP wasn't able to put enough blood past the restriction.
