| Treatment. Somniloquy, or sleep talking, is the production of speech or sounds during sleep without the person being aware. The sleep talking can range from basic sounds to lengthy sentences and can occur infrequently or multiple times throughout the same night.
Interchangable names for the same thing, so far as I know. I still use these once in a while for premixed meds â Flagyl comes to mind. The problem is that single doses of intravenous meds really need to be given over predictable periods of time â an hour is usually good for most doses of antibiotics.
When are pre-spiked IV fluids OK? Our facility is developing a policy on pre-spiked IV fluids, but we've read mixed messages from the leading authorities. The 2008 U.S. Pharmacopeia's Chapter 797 on pharmaceutical compounding and sterile preparations recommends administering IVs no more than an hour after spiking.