Consumer Reports Explores Cheaper EpiPen Alternative

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The price ­of a lifesaving EpiPen has skyrocketed, and that’s putting people with severe allergic reactions at risk.
Since the drug manufacturer, Mylan, purchased EpiPen in 2007, the price has gone up more than 400 percent. There is no generic for EpiPen, but doctors can prescribe another kind of auto-injector for epinephrine that can cost hundreds of dollars less.
The Epinephrine Auto-Injector, also called generic Adrenaclick, uses the exact same drug in the