diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
index ad09c940d..73a474e6e 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Medical/medical.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="40"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="poison,iron" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-2" duration="10">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="This" Condition="-25.0" disabledeltatime="true"/>
     </ItemComponent>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="0.3" Oxygen="0.3" duration="10">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="17" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="poison,chlorine" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-0.1" duration="20.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="7" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="drunk" type="OnUse" target="Character" SpeedMultiplier="0.8" setvalue="true" duration="20.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" disabledeltatime="true">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" disabledeltatime="true">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" disabledeltatime="true">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="20"/>
     
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" health="1.0" bleeding="-0.2" Oxygen="0.6" duration="30" stackable="false" checkconditionalalways="true">
         <!-- Rapidly removes bleeding and stabilizes oxygen intake while also counteracting crit damage so they won't die. Doesn't prevent poisons.
             EXTREMELY useful to follow up with CPR, especially if they were bleeding before. -->
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="20"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-0.3" Oxygen="2.0" duration="10">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
       </StatusEffect>
     </ItemComponent>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="0.3" Bleeding="-0.2" duration="5.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
       </StatusEffect>
     </ItemComponent>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="3.0" duration="5.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="20"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="0.5" Oxygen="0.5" Bleeding="-0.025" duration="60.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="15"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" SpeedMultiplier="1.5" setvalue="true" duration="60.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" HuskInfectionState="-0.2">
         <Conditional HuskInfectionState="lt 1.0"/>
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
         <Conditional hasstatustag="morbusine">
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="20"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="medical" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-0.5" Oxygen="10.0" duration="60">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="17" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" Stun="10" disabledeltatime="true">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="17" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="poison,acid" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-1.0" duration="30.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="25"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="poison,uranium" type="OnUse" target="Character" bleeding="0.1" duration="60.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
     <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
-      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" HuskInfectionState="0.01">
+      <StatusEffect characterusable="true" type="OnUse" target="Character" HuskInfectionState="0.01">
         <!-- HuskInfectionState must be less than 0.01 so you can't speed up the infection -->
         <Conditional HuskInfectionState="lt 0.01"/>
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
 
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
-    <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
+    <Throwable characterusable="true" canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
       <StatusEffect tags="poison,morbusine" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0" duration="60.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
@@ -670,8 +670,8 @@
         <Explosion range="600.0" structuredamage="400" damage="300" stun="5" force="20.0" severlimbsprobability="0.4" decal="explosion" decalsize="0.5"/>
         <Remove/>
       </StatusEffect>
-      
-      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="This" Condition="-100.0">
+
+      <StatusEffect characterusable="true" type="OnUse" target="This" Condition="-100.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
     </Throwable>
@@ -691,11 +691,11 @@
     <Body width="8" height="16" density="10"/>
 
     <Throwable canBeCombined="true" slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand" throwforce="4.0" aimpos="35,-10">
-      <StatusEffect type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0">
+      <StatusEffect characterusable="true" type="OnUse" target="Character" Health="-5.0">
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
       <!-- Did You Know? If OxygenAvailable is too low, character will take -5 Oxygen loss per tick, otherwise they restore +10 oxygen. -->
-      <StatusEffect tags="poison,sufforin" type="OnUse" target="Character" Oxygen="-5.0" OxygenAvailable="-10000.0" Health="-0.5" duration="60.0" delay="20.0"> 
+      <StatusEffect characterusable="true" tags="poison,sufforin" type="OnUse" target="Character" Oxygen="-5.0" OxygenAvailable="-10000.0" Health="-0.5" duration="60.0" delay="20.0"> 
         <RequiredItem name="Medical Syringe" type="Container"/>
       </StatusEffect>
       <!-- Remove the item when fully used -->
