26 of the Rarest Drugs Medical Professionals Had to Administer
While there are medications we’re all familiar with, like gabapentin or amoxicillin, there are other life-saving remedies so rare they sound straight out of a sci-fi novel.
One Redditor recalled the time he had to administer sodium thiopental for a man who experienced conversion disorder in a movie theater. The patient was brought into the hospital on a gurney — neurologically incapable of bending his knees or snapping out of the psychological stress. When his colleague suggested sodium thiopental, which is a truth serum of sorts, they decided to give it a try. When they administered the drug, they had to talk the patient through remembering that he knew how to use his arms and legs, and coaxed him out of the haze he was under. The Redditor maintains that the entire situation was “the craziest shit” he saw that year.
Other Redditors of the medical world have disclosed the rarest medications they’ve administered, including wildly expensive Activated Protein C, a poop transplantation and hamster ovaries.
