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Why are injections always given in the buttocks or arms?

Dr Afzal Mir
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician,
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Q: Why are injections usually given in the buttocks or in the ams? Are they applied to a vein?

A:Such injections are supposed to go in the muscles and the buttocks and arms have a good muscular bulk to receive these injections. These injections are not to go in the veins.