On an episode of the period TV series M*A*S*H , set in wartime Korea, the lead character, Hawkeye Pierce, administers intramuscular gamma globulin injections as prophylaxis for hepatitis. The program did not specify A, B, or C, because in the 1950s liver inflammation was classified into just two types: infectious hepatitis, which spreads via the fecal-oral route, and a serum, or blood-borne, form of the illness
A patient who cant swallow a capsule, for example, may require a liquid version of a drug
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Delivery times can vary, which may cause interruptions in medication schedules
eClinicalMedicine 72 , 102624 (2024)
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