Aims To examine depth of subcutaneous fat at gluteal intramuscular injection sites. Design Retrospective study. Setting General hospital. Participants 100 consecutive adults who had computed ...

In a recent study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers evaluated the prophylactic immune protection conferred by a single intramuscular (I.M.) injection of adintrevimab (ADG20) ...

Intramuscular administration of tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used to target severe bleeding after childbirth, is safe and quickly reaches therapeutic concentrations in pregnant women, according to a ...

One of the things that many people hate most about getting vaccinations and taking certain types of medication is needles. Any medication that has to be delivered intramuscular typically requires a ...

Is there any advantage in administering injectable medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera [DMPA]) in the deltoid as opposed to the gluteus?—KATHY INGALLINERA, FNP, Sitka, Alaska The likely rationale for ...

IN PREVIOUS reports, we 1–3 have shown that after a single injection of a suspension of calcium penicillin in beeswax and peanut oil, effective levels of penicillin can be maintained in the blood for ...

Rafa Laboratoriesis adopting a robust and integrated product development approach, which is planned to include formulation development, manufacturing scale-up, pre/clinical trials and a streamlined ...

GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s COVID-19 antibody drug sotrovimab already bears an FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) as an infusion. Now, the pair hopes to win the same status for an ...

ENZYMES, once regarded by most physicians as the mysterious and complex playthings of the biochemist, have steadily climbed to a position of eminence and familiarity in many fields of medicine. The ...

This column provides an overview of restraint in psittacine birds and administration of subcutaneous fluids and intramuscular injections. The principles described here may be also used on other ...