Hi all, I have a question about being hospitalized (and on an IV) and calories/fluid retention...?

The drug was gravol and it always stings, burns as it enters the blood stream, that's normal...The nurse may have pushed the gravol in to fast and the force caused the iv to blow a vein. then ...

There are some meds. . . . .especially antibiotics that you actually can taste and they taste awful. Try chewing gum or sucking on a peppermint if you have to get injections often. It helped me.<...

Treatment with diuretics (water pills), some antibiotics, and some cancer medicines such as Cisplatin, can increase the loss of magnesium in urine. Poorly-controlled diabetes increases loss of magn...

you need to talk to a psychiatrist or a psychologist about this.

Normal saline glucose electrolytes like potassium antibiotics pain medication

The strength of the drip equates to 4mg per ml Dose required over 1 hour is 120mgs Therefore drip should be set to give at a speed of 30mls per hour (120 mgs divided by mgs per ml). If you are ...

The saline IV drip is bacteriostatically STERILE . and quite safe to be given intravenously. No, you should not use that saline in the first -aid kit even subcutaneously. There's a danger o...

true that sedatives are not analgesics but while patients are sedated they tend not to remember what is happening. also keeping the patient sedated allows the brain to heal and any residual swelli...