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Re:Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a stud... by CyanDeparture on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:09AM (#30787913)
A potassium IV should not be painful in the sligtest, it should just be a tiny pin prick when it's going in. Something went wrong if that was hurting.
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Re:Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a stud... by chockchocschoir on Thursday March 24, 2022 @07:38AM (#30788486)
Strange, where is the sources backing up that it should always be painless? Found lots of resources pointing towards that many do in fact feel a burning sensation from potassium IV:

- https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_21792/EAJEM-16-14...

- https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-6224-potassium-chlori...

- https://www.nyspana.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NYSPANA-P...

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730072/

- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3063479/

- https://musculardystrophynews.com/forums/forums/topic/17193/

- https://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=3535...

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Re:Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a stud... by subungual on Thursday March 24, 2022 @07:46AM (#30788536)
Yep, pain at the infusion site is an incredibly common complaint with potassium IV. The person you replied to is talking confidently outside of their expertise.
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