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Volume 337:54-55 July 3, 1997 Number 1
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Shortage of Intravenous Multivitamin Solution in the United States

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To the Editor: Intravenous multivitamin solution has not been manufactured in the United States for some time, and supplies are nearly depleted. Thus, since the end of 1996 this preparation has not been available for many patients requiring parenteral nutrition.

A 41-year-old woman with spindle-cell cancer underwent a massive small-bowel resection in February 1996 that resulted in short-bowel syndrome. She was receiving total parenteral nutrition while being cared for at home. She received her last dose of intravenous multivitamin solution in the total parenteral nutrition in November 1996. In January 1997 she was hospitalized with nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and diplopia. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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