Is it unsafe to get an antibiotic shot somewhere else rather than the butt chick?

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I always give antibiotic injections to a butt cheek as it is a larger muscle for a generally larger and thicker intramuscular antibiotic injection

I have always given penicillin injections to the butt cheek as this is a large thick injection that is not comfortable to receive and I would certainly refuse any request to give this in the arm

an arm should not really have more than 1 ml as an intramuscular injection, although I have given up to 2 ml without issues - but these are other injections and not the thicker antibiotics such as cilicaine penicilin (due to smaller muscle mass)

Also antibiotic injections tend to be thicker and possibly can cause local damage around the injection site, so you want that larger area

the literature usually recommends a site for injection as a larger muscle mass - an alternative could be the leg, but I would always choose the butt cheek
and it would be the most comfortable area as well

your Dr is perfectly correct and is looking after your best interests


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Is it unsafe to get an antibiotic shot somewhere else rather than the butt chick?
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