Fda Approves Home Defibrillator Use; Prescriptions Will Not Be Needed to Buy the $2,000 Machines
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 17, 2004
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WASHINGTON (AP) - People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart.
The Food and Drug Administration agreed for the first time Thursday to let consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use. Some 80 percent of the instances of sudden cardiac arrest, which is best treated by a shock from a defibrillator, happen at home.See the full content of this document
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Fda Approves Home Defibrillator Use; Prescriptions Will Not Be Needed to Buy the $2,000 Machines
Until now, people needed a prescription if they wanted to have a HeartStart home defibrillator to use in those crucial minutes after calling 911 and before an ambulance arrived.
The FDA endorsed a July re...See the full content of this document
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