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Procedures in palliative care 2: Problems with a subcutaneous infusion

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What drugs are suitable for subcutaneous administration?  In column A, select those drugs that should not be used subcutaneously.

Only 3 of these drugs are licensed for subcutaneous infusion. In column B, select these three drugs.

A drug B
chlorpromazine
hyoscine butylbromide
cyclizine
levomepromazine (methotrimeprazine)
diamorphine
hyoscine hydrobromide
prochlorperazine
dexamethasone
haloperidol
metoclopramide
midazolam
diazepam

Mary becomes much more settled on her syringe driver.  You are called one evening, however, because her pain and nausea have returned once more and the nurse has noticed a cloudiness to the syringe contents.  What do you think has happened?

You can print out this page and/or compare your thoughts with the information in Problems with drugs.

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