Table 10.

Indications for the prescription of an adrenaline auto-injector

Patients with systemic allergic reactions and bronchial asthma (even with no history of anaphylaxis)

Progressive severity of symptoms of the systemic allergic reaction

History of prior anaphylactic reactions to elicitors that cannot be reliably avoided

Systemic allergy with extracutaneous symptoms to potent allergens such as peanuts, tree nuts, milk, sesame

Strong sensitization with increased risk of anaphylaxis—prior to allergy provocation testing

Patients that react to minute amounts of allergen

Adults with mastocytosis (also without known anaphylaxis)