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Re: hCG Shot Mistake

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:00:02 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Queenbzzz wrote: >
>Hi,
>Last night I gave myself the hCG shot. I read the instructions over and
>over, but was really nervous because it was my firsttime doing the shot.
>I missed the part about pulling back the syringe to see if there was
>blood. After giving the shot, I noticed this line. When I pulled the
>syringe out, there was no blood (I gave the shot in my stomach). My
>question is, Did I ruin the hCG shot, or even worse endanger my health
>in some way?
>
>Thank you.

The reason for pulling back on the syringe plunger prior to injecting is to assure that the needle tip is not within a blood vessel. The fact that you are doing fine makes it unlikely that you had an intravascular injection. Further, the injection should be fine from an efficacy standpoint. Not entirely sure why you are giving the injection in your stomach though. The margin of error for intramuscular injections is significantly smaller when given in the butt... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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