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Why are some injections more painful than others?
Q: Why are some injections more painful than others? Which is the most painful intramuscular injection?
A:It depends on the ingredient of the injection. Some medicinal substances irritate the superficial nerves more than others and hence are painful. For instance Vitamin K injection is quite painful while lignocaine, being a local anaesthetic is painless.