basically it means that you're supposed to inject it into your muscles instead of into your subcutaneous body fat or veins or wherever else you might do an injection
I ask because my doctor gave me the option between intramuscular and subcutaneous, and we agreed subcutaneous would be way easier, but the prescription i got is needles for subcutaneous injection and a vial that says "for intramuscular use only", so im confused.
This is normal. I've been injecting "intramuscular use only" valerate oil subcutaneously in my stomach for a year now and my levels are good. I think doing transgender hrt with this stuff is using it off label anyway, so the packaging might not reflect it.
Off topic, but why does it say "for intramuscular use only"?
basically it means that you're supposed to inject it into your muscles instead of into your subcutaneous body fat or veins or wherever else you might do an injection
I ask because my doctor gave me the option between intramuscular and subcutaneous, and we agreed subcutaneous would be way easier, but the prescription i got is needles for subcutaneous injection and a vial that says "for intramuscular use only", so im confused.
idk you'd have to ask a big nerd who did medical school about that
Fair point.
Yeah theres no diffrent medication for intramuscular vs subcutaneous, only diffrent needle sizes and injection techniques.
This is normal. I've been injecting "intramuscular use only" valerate oil subcutaneously in my stomach for a year now and my levels are good. I think doing transgender hrt with this stuff is using it off label anyway, so the packaging might not reflect it.
Because that's how you give shots lol