Drug injection is a method of introducing a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle, which is pierced through the skin into the body (usually...
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Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express...
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Supervised injection sites (SIS) or drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are a health and social response to drug-related problems. They are fixed or mobile...
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especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe. An injection is considered a form of parenteral drug administration;...
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Look up inject, injected, injecting, injection, or injections in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Injection or injected may refer to: Injective function...
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subcutaneous injections, leading to a stronger immune response to vaccinations, immunology[clarification needed] and novel cancer treatments, and faster drug uptake...
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Trissel LA, Zhang Y (2004). "Long-term stability of trimix: a three-drug injection used to treat erectile dysfunction". International Journal of Pharmaceutical...
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assumption of suicide. The distribution of naloxone to injection drug users and other opioid drug users decreases the risk of death from overdose. The Centers...
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Intramuscular injection, often abbreviated IM, is the injection of a substance into a muscle. In medicine, it is one of several methods for parenteral...
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Route of administration (redirect from By injection)
taught to self-inject, such as SC injection of insulin in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. As the drug is delivered to the site of action...
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original on 16 January 2017. "Sterile Water for Injection, USP" (PDF). Baxter Corporation. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. September 2014. Lintern S (27...
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who commonly forget to take their medicine. Depot injections can be created by modifying the drug molecule itself, as in the case of prodrugs, or by...
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Intravitreal injection is the method of administration of drugs into the eye by injection with a fine needle. The medication will be directly applied into...
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Intraperitoneal injections are a way to administer therapeutics and drugs through a peritoneal route (body cavity). They are one of the few ways drugs can be administered...
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combinations of drugs; avoiding injection; and not using drugs at the same time as activities that may be unsafe without a sober state. Drug use can be thought...
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Sodium thiopental (category Lethal injection components)
three drugs administered during most lethal injections in the United States until the US division of Hospira objected and stopped manufacturing the drug in...
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Intracerebroventricular injection (often abbreviated as ICV injection) is a route of administration for drugs via injection into the cerebral ventricles...
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rates of drug injection 10 to 15 times the national average. These rates are accompanied by mounting rates of HIV and STIs among injection drug users (IDUs)...
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Metenolone enanthate (redirect from Nibal injection)
to bone marrow failure. It is given by injection into muscle. Although it was widely used in the past, the drug has mostly been discontinued and hence...
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Subcutaneous injection (see also the article Skin popping): injection of drug into the third lowest layer of skin. Intramuscular injection: injection of drug into...
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Subcutaneous administration (redirect from Injection under the skin)
insertion of medications beneath the skin either by injection or infusion. A subcutaneous injection is administered as a bolus into the subcutis, the layer...
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Harm reduction (redirect from Drug harm reduction)
associated with drug use and provide a hygienic and stress-free environment for drug consumers. The facilities provide sterile injection equipment, information...
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Livedoid dermatitis (category Drug eruptions)
reaction that occurs immediately after a drug injection. It presents as an immediate, extreme pain around the injection site, with overlying skin rapidly becoming...
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organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption via a patch on the skin...
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E. Russell (2001). "Predictors of Accidental Fatal Drug Overdose Among a Cohort of Injection Drug Users". American Journal of Public Health. 91 (6): 984–987...
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Injection site reactions (ISRs) are reactions that occur at the site of injection of a drug. They may be mild or severe and may or may not require medical...
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Insite (category Drug culture)
supervised drug injection site in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The DTES had 4,700 chronic drug users in...
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Autoinjector (category Drug delivery devices)
autoinjector (or auto-injector) is a medical device for injection of a premeasured dose of a particular drug. Most autoinjectors are one-use, disposable, spring-loaded...
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Heroin (redirect from Horse (drug))
injection drug use…. Impure heroin is usually dissolved, diluted, and injected into veins, muscles, or under the skin. United Nations Office on Drugs...
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