
When Can I Expect Results From Sermorelin Therapy?
A subcutaneous injection or shot is one into the fatty tissues just beneath the skin. These injections are shallower than those injected into muscle tissues.
Providers often use subcutaneous injections for medications that must be absorbed into the bloodstream slowly and steadily, such as insulin.
Subcutaneous injections are usually safe and do not require as much force as intramuscular injections into the muscle tissues.
The subcutaneous injection can be used to give many types of medications for various medical conditions.
There are fewer blood vessels in the fatty layer of connective tissue just beneath the skin than the muscle tissue.
Having fewer blood vessels means that medication injected subcutaneously is absorbed more slowly.
This makes it an ideal way to administer medications that the body must use slowly over time, such as insulin for the treatment of diabetes.
Medications given this way include:
Many drugs that must be taken daily, or injected at home, are designed for subcutaneous injection.
To give a subcutaneous injection, people should follow these steps:
The best location for a subcutaneous injection depends on a person’s pain sensitivity and where they have some subcutaneous fat.
A few commonly chosen locations include:
Some subcutaneous injections come in the form of an auto-injector. An auto-injector is a self-contained device that does not require drawing the medication up first. People can follow the instructions on the package if they are using an auto-injector.