Treatment
First Line
■ Acute life-threatening angioedema involving the larynx is treated with:
● Epinephrine 0.3 mg in a solution of 1:1000 given SC
● Diphenhydramine 25 to 50 mg intravenously (IV) or intramuscularly (IM)
● Cimetidine 300 mg IV or ranitidine 50 mg IV
● Methylprednisolone 125 mg IV
■ Mainstay therapy in angioedema is H1 antihistamines.
■ H2 antihistamines can be added to H1 antihistamines.
First Line
■ Acute life-threatening angioedema involving the larynx is treated with:
● Epinephrine 0.3 mg in a solution of 1:1000 given SC
● Diphenhydramine 25 to 50 mg intravenously (IV) or intramuscularly (IM)
● Cimetidine 300 mg IV or ranitidine 50 mg IV
● Methylprednisolone 125 mg IV
■ Mainstay therapy in angioedema is H1 antihistamines.
■ H2 antihistamines can be added to H1 antihistamines.
