Injections and drips | Treatment for cancer - Cancer Research UK A syringe driver or pump can be: battery operated; plugged into a normal electric wall socket; Some chemotherapy drugs are given using a syringe pump You can also have a syringe pump or driver if you need a constant dose of a particular drug but find swallowing difficult People who are very ill, and might be dying, often have syringe drivers
Morphine | Cancer information | Cancer Research UK Some people have morphine under the skin continuously through a small needle connected to a pump called a syringe driver It gives a continuous small volume of morphine Your nurse will change the syringe driver every 24 or 48 hours This way of having morphine is helpful for people who find it difficult to swallow
Peginterferon alfa 2a | Cancer Information | Cancer Research UK Peginterferon alfa 2a is an immunotherapy drug It is also known as Pegasys You pronounce peginterferon alfa 2a as peg-in-ter-feer-on-al-far-2-a It is a possible treatment for myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythaemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythaemia (ET) It is also used to treat
Types of anti sickness medicines - Cancer Research UK There are different types of medicines used to control sickness (nausea and vomiting) in cancer care Over the past 30 years, the medicines used for cancer sickness have improved There are many different types of anti sickness medicines They are also called anti emetics Your doctor decides which
Diamorphine | Cancer information - Cancer Research UK Some people have diamorphine through a small needle put under the skin and connected to a pump called a syringe driver The pump gives you a small amount of diamorphine continuously A nurse changes the pump every 24 to 48 hours Into your bloodstream You might have treatment through a long plastic tube that goes into a large vein in your chest
Other ways of having chemotherapy | Cancer Research UK Here are some of the less common ways of having chemotherapy Sometimes your doctor may need to use 2 or more methods of giving chemotherapy at the same time You have some chemotherapy drugs as an injection into a muscle (intramuscular) This is usually into your buttocks, upper thigh or upper
About chemotherapy into your vein - Cancer Research UK The drug is in a small amount of liquid in a syringe Your nurse will attach the syringe to your cannula or line They very slowly push the drug into the line This can take up to 10 minutes Chemotherapy through a drip Sometimes your chemotherapy drugs are added to a drip bag to dilute them This is known as an intravenous infusion
Bone marrow test | Tests and scans | Cancer Research UK Aspiration means the doctor or nurse draws some liquid bone marrow up into a syringe A bone marrow trephine biopsy means they remove a very thin 1 or 2cm long core of bone marrow in one piece You usually have both of these tests done at the same time They give some of the same information to the doctor, but there are differences
Opioids - Cancer Research UK Doctors might use it when you need to have morphine by injection, especially in a syringe driver A syringe driver is a small battery operated pump It gives liquid from a syringe through a small fine tube placed just under the skin The pump can give small amounts continuously