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A method of parenterally administering a drug to a patient for immediate dispersal of the drug once administered by obtaining an anhydrous, solid drug composition consisting essentially of the drug and up to 50%, by weight, of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the drug and the carrier a

A method of parenterally administering a drug to a patient for immediate dispersal of the drug once administered by obtaining an anhydrous, solid drug composition consisting essentially of the drug and up to 50%, by weight, of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the drug and the carrier are selected and compounded such that the drug is dispersed from the composition upon contact with parenteral fluids and is distributed within the patient\s bloodstream according to a blood level profile of the drug that is comparable to a blood level profile of the drug when administered in a liquid formulation, and introducing the solid drug composition into parenteral fluids of the patient.

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An external, wearable device for the automatic, controlled administration of a solid drug composition to a patient comprising: a housing; a plunger located within said housing; a dispensing tube attached to the outside of said housing, said tube being designed and sized to contain a solid drug compo

An external, wearable device for the automatic, controlled administration of a solid drug composition to a patient comprising: a housing; a plunger located within said housing; a dispensing tube attached to the outside of said housing, said tube being designed and sized to contain a solid drug composition consisting essentially of the drug and up to 50%, by weight, of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the solid drug has a diameter of less than about 0.8 millimeters; an actuator arranged within said housing to move said plunger from said housing into said dispensing tube; a controller that acts on said actuator to regulate the movement of said plunger through said housing and into said dispensing tube; and a power source arranged to provide energy to said actuator and said controller; wherein said plunger is capable of moving the solid drug composition out of said dispensing tube at a controlled rate.