Posted by: CMdeux
« on: August 30, 2017, 11:26:39 AM » Autoinjectors are IM. Drawn syringes are SQ.
I'd have to say that it depends on technique-- and physique for that matter.
This is a known problem with single-needle-length autoinjectors, btw. In people with low body-fat, they are invariably IM... in SMALL people they are IM...
but in anyone with extra padding anywhere, in obese people (even children), in adults who are female and larger than even 'average' then even an autoinjector needle may provide a SQ dose when administered as directed.
HTH.
I'd have to say that it depends on technique-- and physique for that matter.
This is a known problem with single-needle-length autoinjectors, btw. In people with low body-fat, they are invariably IM... in SMALL people they are IM...
but in anyone with extra padding anywhere, in obese people (even children), in adults who are female and larger than even 'average' then even an autoinjector needle may provide a SQ dose when administered as directed.
HTH.