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Sleep easier
Good news for patients and physicians who hate IVs — you can now
get Imprimis's MKO Melt without individual prescriptions for individ-
ual patients. That's because Imprimis is now approved by the FDA as
a 503B compounding pharmacy.
"The MKO makes even the grumpiest patients nice," says Dr.
Mahootchi. Patients put it under their tongues as they're getting dila-
tion drops. They start becoming relaxed in about a minute, he says.
It's "a gradual onset of calm. Then you have 30 minutes or more of
happy magic." He says patients who take it stare into the microscope
light, can follow directions and recover from sedation just as quickly
as they do with IV anesthesia. He says a lot of patients prefer it
because they hate IVs. "The problem with it before was that I needed
a prescription for each pill. I had to make sure no one cancelled
because I couldn't use the drug. Now I don't have to have an Rx — I
can just keep it in stock. It's phenomenal."
MKO Melt contains 3 mg of sedative, 25 mg of ketamine HCI and 2
mg of the anti-emetic ondansetron. It's available in lemon flavor.
• Imprimis's MKO Melt.
