intramuscular
(adjective)
Inside a muscle or the muscles.
Examples of intramuscular in the following topics:
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Intramuscular Injections
- Intramuscular (or IM) injection is the injection of a substance directly into a muscle.
- Intramuscular (or IM) injection is the injection of a substance directly into a muscle.
- In terms of absorption, the injection methods that delivers the drug quickest to slowest is intravenous, intramuscular, and then subcutaneous.
- Intramuscular injections are often given in the deltoid, vastus lateralis muscles and the ventrogluteal and dorsogluteal areas .
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Active and Passive Humoral Immunity
- Artificially acquired passive immunity is a short-term immunization achieved by the transfer of antibodies, and can be administered in several forms: as human or animal blood (usually horse) plasma or serum, as pooled human immunoglobulin for intravenous (IVIG) or intramuscular (IG) use, and as monoclonal antibodies (MAb).
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Syphilis
- Syphilis can be effectively treated with antibiotics, specifically the preferred intramuscular penicillin G (given intravenously for neurosyphilis), or else ceftriaxone, and in those who have a severe penicillin allergy, oral doxycycline or azithromycin.
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Syphilis
- Syphilis can be effectively treated with antibiotics, specifically the preferred intramuscular penicillin G (given intravenously for neurosyphilis), or else ceftriaxone, and in those who have a severe pencillin allergy, oral doxycycline or azithromycin.