Conflicting information on injections

[Penrose-Pauling]

I take ___mg of testosterone right now, the doctor who prescribed it to me had said to inject into subcutaneous fat with my last dose, which I have been doing but when I pick it up from the pharmacy it says to inject intramuscularly, I mean I don't know which one I should do. I will probably continue doing it into the fat. 

Edited February 13 by KathyLauren
Removed dosage info.

[Ashley0616]

I would follow the instructions by your doctor. He knows what he is doing. The pharmacy technician probably thinking they know more than a doctor. 

[Mmindy]

Just now, Ashley0616 said:

The pharmacy technician probably thinking they know more than a doctor. 

Get out of my head girl... I was thinking this same thing, but didn't want to say it.

 

Mindy🌈🐛🏳️‍⚧️🦋

[Ashley0616]

2 minutes ago, Mmindy said:

Get out of my head girl... I was thinking this same thing, but didn't want to say it.

 

Mindy🌈🐛🏳️‍⚧️🦋

LMBO

[MaeBe]

27 minutes ago, Penrose-Pauling said:

I take ___mg of testosterone right now, the doctor who prescribed it to me had said to inject into subcutaneous fat with my last dose, which I have been doing but when I pick it up from the pharmacy it says to inject intramuscularly, I mean I don't know which one I should do. I will probably continue doing it into the fat. 

My vial says the same thing on the box, too. My doctor was quite specific about subcutaneous injection, too. So you're all good!

[MaeBe]

Interesting aside, I never asked or looked up subcutaneous (SC) vs intramuscular (IM) reasoning but I just did and one of the first articles I clicked on pointed to a lower dose SC needed for the same efficacy as IM.

 

I only play a doctor on TV, so take this with a grain of salt, but I assume IM shots also have higher risks of painful injection and bruising.

[MaeBe]

Doh! Article link!  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36868378/

[VickySGV]

3 hours ago, Ashley0616 said:

The pharmacy technician probably thinking they know more than a doctor. 

 

Was it a Pharmacy Technician OR the actual Pharmacist told this to you??  Both kinds have SAVED LIVES because a doctor DID MAKE A MISTAKE or the doctor allowed a generic which does have a slightly different set of instructions.  If you have a doubt or there is a conflict between the two have them consult with each other before you follow the instruction.  I have personally had a problem with a "slightly different" formulation of a generic medication putting me into an ER because of its small difference from the other brand of the drug.