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**onelovemp** · 05-28-2009, 06:42 PM

That doesn't matter much, yesman7, not when you're doing sq. It just has to get under the skin. On most of us, a 1/2" needle isn't going to come close to the muscle! ;-) If you were injecting into the muscle like Dr. S said, you'd want a longer needle and I sure wouldn't want to try it myself! That's why we use the 200 iu. You wouldn't want that high a dose in the muscle.
Colleen

05-28-2009, 06:42 PM	#13
onelovemp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	That doesn't matter much, yesman7, not when you're doing sq. It just has to get under the skin. On most of us, a 1/2" needle isn't going to come close to the muscle! ;-) If you were injecting into the muscle like Dr. S said, you'd want a longer needle and I sure wouldn't want to try it myself! That's why we use the 200 iu. You wouldn't want that high a dose in the muscle. Colleen
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