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Switching From IV to SubQ: A Deeper Dive Into Subcutaneous Treatment
Your oncologist says your IV treatment now comes as a SubQ injection. Is it really the same medicine? Will it hurt? Can you switch mid-treatment, and what if you want to switch back?
Patient host Jeanne Szurek, who switched from IV to SubQ herself, talks with Dr. Coral Olazagasti, assistant professor of thoracic oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. They go beyond the basics on what patients actually face once SubQ is on the table.
Topics discussed in this episode:
• Whether a SubQ injection works as well as an IV infusion
• What a SubQ injection feels…
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