Infusion Therapy

The Cook Hospital offers a wide variety of infusion therapy treatments to outpatients. Infusion Therapy is the administration of a medication through a needle or catheter inserted directly into a vein when a patient’s condition is not treatable with oral medications. Some common disorders that may require infusion therapy include (but not limited to): Infections that cannot be treated with oral medications, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn’s Disease, Anemia, Osteoporosis, Ulcerative Colitis, Multiple Sclerosis, Immune Deficiencies, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. With an order from a physician, the Cook Hospital is able to provide all types of infusion medications (except chemotherapy).