intravenous
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Since 2015, NHS patients have received the world's best-selling drug through a drip – or intravenous infusion – which can take more than an hour to administer in hospital.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The improvement held true across different delivery methods -- intramuscular, intratracheal, and intravenous -- and worked regardless of the specific nanoparticle design or genetic material being delivered.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration approved intravenous Tepezza in 2020 for treatment of active thyroid eye disease, a rare autoimmune condition causing eye-bulging, double vision, and inflammation.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
So bad was the injury, in fact, that Moss was kept in hospital on an intravenous drip.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
“Those won’t help, not now. No, there’s no medicine. In a hospital they give transfusions and intravenous nutrients.”I can’t do that, of course.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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