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Depo provera- does it matter if injection site was pinched when administering shot? worried it might have gotten into fat and not muscle?

Q: depo provera- does it matter if injection site was pinched when administering shot? worried it might have gotten into fat and not muscle?

: If intramuscular injection is appropriately done with perpendicular insertion of a needle of appropriate sized length, skin pinching or not does not make any difference.

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Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

If intramuscular injection is appropriately done with perpendicular insertion of a needle of appropriate sized length, skin pinching or not does not make any difference.

Answered 10/18/2021

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A member asked:

Depo provera- does it matter if injection site was pinched when administering shot? worried it might have gotten into fat and not muscle?

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