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What are the different types of injections?

 What are the different types of injections?

The four most frequently used types of injection are:

1. Intravenous (IV) injections

 An IV injection is the fastest way to inject a medication and involves using a syringe to inject a medication directly into a vein.

What are the different types of injections?


 2. Intramuscular (IM) injections

 IM injections are given deep into a muscle where the medication is then absorbed quickly by surrounding blood vessels.

What are the different types of injections?


3. Subcutaneous (SC) injections

SC injections are injected under the skin

What are the different types of injections?


 4. Intradermal (ID) injections

ID injections are given directly into the middle layer of the skin called the dermis. This type of injection is absorbed more slowly again than IV, IM or SC injections.

What are the different types of injections?


Other types of injections include:


Intra-articular injections - into a joint

Peri-articular injections - into the soft tissue close to a joint

Intraosseous injections - into the bone marrow

Intradetrusor injections - into the muscle in the wall of the bladder

Intraocular (intravitreal) injection - into the jelly-like fluid in the eye

Intraperitoneal injections - given within the abdominal cavity

Intracardiac injections - into the muscle or ventricles of the heart

Intracavernous injections - into the base of the penis

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