Most people know the feeling of getting a shot and having your arm feel sore for several days afterward. Some might even expect it as a side effect. The soreness happens when medications are injected ...

Injections deliver liquid medications, fluids, or nutrients directly into a person’s body. Different types of injections include intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, and intradermal ...

Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD The recommended intake of vitamin B12 for people older than 14 is 2.4 micrograms a ...

BENZATHINE penicillin (N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine dipenicillin G) is a long-acting repository penicillin that provides low serum penicillin levels for three or four weeks after a single ...

For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. According to the National Institutes of Health, ...

If you’re enrolled in Medicare, these shots will be covered by Part B if you have them at a doctor’s office or a clinic or Part A if you get them while hospitalized. If you have vitamin B12 deficiency ...

Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Key Takeaways Magnesium and vitamin B12 play essential roles in energy ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...