# Talk:Intramuscular injection

Can anybody tell me what the recommended amount per intramuscular injection is, include deltoid, and ventroglutrial areas please.  I am a nursing student, 18 days away from graduating and I am trying to disprove a question, in which my instructor accepted an answer of 4 mls per injection, and I gave 2 mls on my answer.  This may have caused me to fail the entire program, because I failed this math test last week.  I need expert help!  Please reply asap to girlbronson@yahoo.com
Thank in advance. 71.31.87.182 20:16, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

You can give up to 5ml in ventroglutrialm and no more tham 1ml in deltoid.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.219.212 (talk) 02:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC) 

I can understand the confusion, because I was taught you can give up to a certain amount of cc's, but for the comfort of the patient, you would never want to inject more than 3 cc's in the same spot. Particularly, the deltoid. but, like all nursing questions....there is always more than one answer. The best answer is up to the teacher...oh wait....lol :o)66.229.6.62 (talk) 08:05, 1 February 2009 (UTC) good luck
Nursing Times article on Evidence base for Intramuscular injection  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.45.158.52 (talk) 23:16, 21 November 2009 (UTC) 

I would like to see some mention of injection into fatty tissues, especially insulin for patients who have some level of obesity as a side effect of the diabetes disease. It is actually recommended on the package of this medication to rotate injection sites from belly fat to thigh muscles/fat. While this is not technically into a muscle, it seems to have the same effects while providing a more convenient and comfortable site for injection. Gallomimia (talk)Gallomimia

Need a separate section for this, or even a separate article ("Aspiration recommendations around the world"?) Lawrence18uk (talk) 05:44, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Section maybe. Alexbrn (talk) 05:49, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

How does it relate to prostrate cancer? ￼ 162.84.186.18 (talk) 15:20, 17 October 2022 (UTC)