Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid). It works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body. Ibuprofen is used to reduce fever and treat pain or inflammation caused by many conditions such as headache, toothache, back pain, arthritis, menstrual cramps, or minor injury.
The most common is through a peripheral line, saline or heparin lock. There are many reasons for using the intravenous method of drug administration, such as the saline lock or heparin lock. Each is the fastest way to deliver the drug and makes the drug available to the body instantly. Both controlling and maintaining drug levels is considerably easier with intravenous administration.
saline lock An intravenous portal, usually placed and left in a vein in one of the patient's arms, and used episodically for fluid or medication infusions. Salt water flushes are used to maintain its patency. Saline locks replaced heparin locks in the 1990s because of cost and efficacy and because heparin locks posed a rare but unacceptable risk of heparin-related allergies, esp. heparin-related thrombocytopenia.