Keep IV Lipid Products Straight

September 2021

We're getting questions about the different lipid injectable emulsions...Intralipid, Smoflipid, Omegaven, etc.

IV lipids made only of soybean oil (Intralipid, Nutrilipid) have been our go-to for use in parenteral nutrition (PN).

But soybean oil is linked to inflammation, immunosuppression, and liver dysfunction...so newer IV lipids use less or no soybean oil.

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