I.V. antibiotic balls. Big improvement!

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I was asked off list to describe my experience with The I.V.

antibiotic balls here on the list.

Basically, they're awesome! I can't say how much I appreciate being

told about them, which gave me the confidence to fight with my

pharmacy to get them.

It takes approximately 2 3/4 hours for me to take the doxy, and this

is so much better than when I was trying to push a drug in an hour or

hour and a half. I think that's what made me so sick with the other

drugs. Of course, I didn't know this, until researching on the net,

that bad reactions call for slower administration rates.

Anyway, below is a link to the abx " balls " I'm using. Actually more

like a baloon in a small baby bottle, where you can watch the balloon

deflate as the medicine is delivered. They have internal automatic

pumps which determines the delivery rate through small plastic tubes

that connect them to your picc line. The whole thing fits in my

pocket. Not only do I feel better with a slower delivery, I'm not

tied to the i.v. pole at home when I need to be doing other things.

The second link is one that my friend gave me. I think his pharmacy

uses those.

http://www.opitsourcebook.com/baxter.html

http://www.i-flowcorp.com/3_PRODUCTS/IV_DELIVERY_SYSTEMS/eclipse.html

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