Medical Injection Types

medical Injection Types

If you’re living with a chronic condition, your doctor might prescribe injectable medication rather than medication taken by mouth. This allows medication to be absorbed directly into the bloodstream, which can make it more fast-acting than oral medication. Some injectable medications are formulated to release their active ingredients slowly over time rather than all at once.

Types of Injections

Injections can be given in several ways.1 How a medicine is injected depends on a variety of factors including:

How the drug is made

How quickly the medication takes effect
How much liquid is in the injection
The three main types of injections include:

• Subcutaneous (into the fat layer between the skin and muscle)
• Intramuscular (deep into a muscle)
• Intravenous (through a vein)

Excerpt from: https://www.diplomatpharmacy.com/empower/library/injectable-medications