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A "game changer" treatment for frostbite has been discovered that could reduce the risk of finger or toe amputations.
The injection would prevent blood from clotting, which occurs during frostbite, and ease the blood flow.
“This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment option for severe frostbite,” said Norman Stockbridge, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Cardiology and Nephrology in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Having this new option provides physicians with a tool that will help prevent the life-changing amputation of one’s frostbitten fingers or toes.”