Medications and reason for use

Fluids and nutrition ​IV fluid ​- Helps keep your loved one hydrated

Tube feeding or IV nutrition. - Provides your loved one with calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals

​Analgesics (often called pain medicines) - Helps prevent and control pain your loved one may feel from sickness, a mechanical ventilator, or catheters

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Sedatives - Helps prevent your loved one from feeling anxiety

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Blood thinners ​Heparin -Helps prevent blood clots from forming in the blood vessels of your loved one's legs and arms (also called deep vein thrombosis or DVT)

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