Why are injections always given in the buttocks or arms?
Dr Afzal Mir
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician,
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
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.