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Infusion therapy involves the administration of medication through a needle or catheter. It is prescribed when a patient’s condition is so severe that it cannot be treated effectively by oral medications. Typically, “infusion therapy” means that a drug is administered intravenously, but the term also may refer to situations where drugs are provided through other non-oral routes, such as intramuscular injections and epidural routes.
“Traditional” prescription drug therapies commonly administered via infusion include antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral, chemotherapy, hydration, pain management and parenteral nutrition.
Infusion therapy is also provided to patients for treating a wide assortment of often chronic and sometimes rare diseases for which “specialty” infusion medications are effective. While some have been available for many years, others are newer drugs and biologics. Examples of chronic or rare diseases treated by infusion medicine are: rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn’s disease and hemophilia.
NTIDC’s Ambulatory Infusion Suites (AIS) have become highly respected and trusted referral destination for local and regional physicians seeking infusion therapy for their patients or patients seeking a more convenient or aesthetically pleasing facility. Convenient, daily, weekly or monthly infusion services are available to accommodate our patient’s busy schedule. For those patients requiring infusion in our AIS, we offer a quiet and comfortable setting with both bed and recliners available. Patients may chose television, internet access, movies or reading material to pass their time.
Many patients who require long-term infusion treatments can take advantage of our home infusion services. Patients who are referred to NTIDC are initially seen in-office by one of our physicians for therapy consultation, planning, education and training. After this, home infusion services may be considered the appropriate form of treatment.
Given the technological advances that enabled safe and effective administration of infusion therapies in the home, the desire of patients to resume normal lifestyles and work activities while recovering from illness, and the cost effectiveness of outpatient therapy make home infusion an excellent alternative.
NTIDC’s infusion team consists of double boarded physicians, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, many of whom are on D Magazine’s “Best Doctors” list, and are complimented by pharmacists, specially trained physician assistants, and nurses. Our infusion team works under the direction of the patient’s referring physician, utilizing the most effective and efficient treatments available The entire team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure we consistently deliver superior patient care.
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