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Supreme Court to consider 'pre-emption' for drug companies
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Seems strange ... if a company's FDA package insert talks about a drug's dosing and adverse effects for IV push and it's administered intra-arterially, isn't that a misadministration (different route of adminstration), for which the company has neither legal liability, nor the requirement to warn ... isn't it inherent that all drugs are to be used/administered in accordance with the package insert?
As a nurse, I have been giving phenergan IV for over 25 years. It is the responsibility of the nurse to make sure that the IV is securely in the vein prior to giving ANY IV medication. This can be easily accomplished by drawing back on the IV to check for a blood return prior to injecting the medication.If phenergan leaks outside of the vein into the surrounding tissues, an abscess can and will occur. This can happen with many medications that are routinely given IV. My thought is did the nurse who gave this injection take all necessary steps to insure that The IV was a secure IV line prior to injection?
I was given Phenergan from a nurse who was in to much of a hurry and was over worked,she inserted the med to my IV in my hand, she did it fast and never checked for blood return.It burned bad, pain I never want to feel agin. It burned all my veins and soft tissue and my nerves, it went in to RSD.This has changed my life and my childrens life. I am a Barber and now I can no longer work, it has traveld up my hand and arm.If I was told that this medication could do this type of damage, and there was other meds I could of taken for nausea,I would not of got the injection.I was not told that this med had these side affects,It's a strong medication and that nurse and phenergan have destroyed my life





