Jack,
Delivering a medication through intact skin with the use of ultrasound is
called phonophoresis. Useful for getting cortisone in without injecting.
One can also do this with electrical stimulation using ionophoresis and
placing the cortisone between the skin and one of the electrodes.
-Rob

Rob Cordes, DO, FAAP, FACOP
Wilkes Barre PA
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