Syringe Drivers For Injectable Drugs
Dec 01
Injectable and implantable drugs and devices play a vital role in end of life or palliative care, whereby the aim is not to treat the condition, but to make life more bearable for the sufferer. In the later stages of some types of cancers, patients may have difficulty swallowing tablets and capsules, or severe nausea and vomiting, making oral preparations unsuitable for some patients. Syringe...
Implantable Drugs and Devices Have Two Main Categories
Nov 08When it comes to injectable and implantable drugs and devices, they can fall broadly into two main categories, those which are medical and used to treat conditions, manage pain and improve peoples’ health and those which are cosmetic and used to alter people’s body shape or appearance for purely cosmetic reasons. It can be argued that the latter group of injectable and implantable...
Pursuit Of The Ideal Body
Sep 20
In the pursuit of the ideal body, increasing numbers of women are turning to injectable and implantable drugs and devices as a means of improving their body image. Botox injections can be used to reduce frown lines, by blocking transmissions between nerve endings, therefore reducing the contractions of the muscles that cause the lines. Injections last, on average, around 4 months, with the...
Injectable and Implantable Drugs and Devices Have Several Benefits
Sep 13
Injectable and implantable drugs and devices have several benefits over other routes of medication administration however there are also associated risks. When patients have difficulty swallowing, are vomiting or are unconscious, then giving medication orally is not a suitable option. Also some drugs would be destroyed by the acid in the stomach, for example insulin, making oral administration...
