Providence Infusion Pharmacy- When antibiotics taken orally have proven ineffective, doctors may choose to give patients antibiotics intravenously (IV). Often, patients are medical...
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Chelation therapy is a form of healthcare that draws metabolic wastes and toxic metals out of the bloodstream. This is usually achieved by injecti...
More » - Eating by mouth is the preferred method and should be used whenever possible, but some patients may not be able to take any or enough food by mouth du...
More » - Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is a medical treatment replacing an enzyme in patients in whom that particular enzyme is deficient or absent. Usually...
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Patients can become dehydrated due to an illness, surgery or accident. Dehydration occurs when patients are losing necessary fluids at a rate faster...
More » - Immune globulin (also called immunoglobulin or gamma globulin) is a protein in human blood and tissue fluids. These proteins are similar to antibodies...
More » - A central venous catheter, also called a central line, is used to take blood and give chemotherapy and other drugs during treatment for cancer. It is ...
More » - Intravenous pain management is a safe method that allows patients to give their own pain medications with the push of a button, as prescribed by a phy...
More » - Total parenteral nutrition is a lifesaver for patients who cannot get their nutrition through eating. Everyone needs calories and protein, in addition...
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Chemotherapy is the use of medicine to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the medicines enter the bloodstream...
More » - Biologic therapy is a treatment that uses the patient's immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or made in a laboratory are used to...
More » - Articular corticosteroids or steroids are medicines injected directly into a painful, inflamed joint, ligament or tendon....
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