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carbocation 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: EpiPen For Heart Attacks? Idorsia Launches Phase I...

The phrase "auto injector" would have been a much more helpful substitute for "EpiPen" here.

> Selatogrel is a P2Y12 receptor antagonist

So this is basically like chewing on ticag, but faster.[1]

1 = https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/...

babypuncher 47 days ago [–]

Most people don't know what an auto injector is. Everybody knows what an EpiPen is though.

carbocation 47 days ago | [–]

I agree with you that EpiPen is far more widely known. But (in my opinion) the ambiguity in the title is not worth the name recognition.

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