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A member asked:

Doctor injected depo-provera further back more into the shoulder region rather then the middle the the upper arm muscle and was swollen for several days?

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Depo injection: This can happen. The Depo-Provera will work as long as it is administered into a muscle, so upper arm vs deltoid vs buttocks are all acceptable locations for administration.

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Answered 2/19/2015

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