STATOpinion

When IV opioids are in short supply at the hospital, who gets pain relief?

If IV opioids are in short supply, who gets pain relief — a teenager in agony with a crushed leg or an 80-year-old dying from ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Switch From IV Medication to Equivalent Pill Forms Could Save Millions of Dollars

Switching hospitalized patients from intravenous medications to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. For their study ...
WebMD

IV Drug Use and Hepatitis C: Negative Consequences

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that causes liver inflammation and, at times, results in major damage to your liver. The virus that causes it spreads through blood and other bodily fluids. If you ...
Medscape

Prevention of Intravenous Drug Incompatibilities in an Intensive Care Unit

Purpose: The frequency of drug administration errors and incompatibilities between intravenous drugs before and after an intervention in an intensive care unit (ICU) is discussed. Methods: Critically ...
New Atlas

Specific brain regions activated by IV drug use but not oral, study finds

A new study has found that specific regions of the brain are activated after a drug is taken intravenously but not when the same drug is taken orally, with increased activity correlating to an ...

Lumosa’s stroke drug shows potential on double Phase II win

Odatroltide demonstrated potential in reperfusion-ineligible AIS patients, who currently face significant unmet medical needs ...
Connecticut Post

CT teenager’s ‘Medi Teddy’ invention makes IV medication just a little less scary

FAIRFIELD — When Ella Casano was 7, she was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare autoimmune disorder that results in a low count of platelets, which help in blood clotting. That ...