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My doc is willing to train a nurse on how to do IV glutathione pushes. Does anyone know what can happen to my friend who is volunteering to do this? Do I have to have a homecare nurse?
I'm trying to SAVE money and afford glut for my whole family.
It cleared my toxic brain and is saving my marriage. . but we can't sustain it.
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Hubby's doc trained me to do this. If you are just doing the IV glutathione and not the lipid exchange with the IV phosphatidylcholine I think there is very little risk.
I am assuming you already have the PICC line?
I did the glutathione IV pushes daily or at least 4 or 5 times weekly for hubby for 2 or 3 years. Actually back when I was doing it that was the only thing that would bring him out of his seizure-like episodes so I could put him to bed.
You just need scrips for the IV glutathione, 10 cc IV needles, either normal saline or D5W and that is pretty much it. The IV glutathione must be shipped overnight with coldpacks. We got it in 100 ml reuseable vials from Medaus -- mailorder pharmacy.
For the last 3 years hubby has been taking a more expensive brand of alpha lipoic acid which seems to allow him to make enough glutathione on his own. ALA Max is the name of the supplement.
This is not medical advice, just my opinion based on hubby's experiences.
Bea Seibert
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sammy
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It sounds like you have a good friend who is willing to help. She should not have a problem legally unless something were to go wrong and one of your family members decides to file a law suit against her.
To protect her from this, you could write up a consent and release form that you would sign allowing her to perform the procedure and administer the IV glutathione. You would also agree not to hold her responsible for any complications or negative outcomes related to the procedure. Then she or another family member would sign below your name as a witness.
Before she agrees to do this (or any) procedure she should make sure that it is within her scope of practice (in her case she should be able to insert IV or access PICC line and give the med via IV push). She is further protecting herself by being educated by the physician.
If the nurse carries malpractice insurance she could call them up to ask their opinion of her legal risk and get recommendations.
Good luck!
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I don't have a picc. I just do pushes at the clinic now.
And, I think I found a nurse. She is in my DBT group (psych) and she is very experienced with IV starts.
Not my first choice since she isn't in our neighborhood, but she will do it for all of us.
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I was a vet tech and did iv injections all the time. I couldnt afford going all the time to the office to get the glut. I actually injected myself for awhile, using a butterfy iv. Its really not a big deal. i have terrible veins and ran out of spots to inject rather quickly. People must have thought i was a junkie! Infuserve is a great place to get the glut and supplies.
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