 Shots
IM means intramuscular; the shot is given into the muscle of the hip, flank, neck, etc
IV mean intravenous; the needle is inserted into a vein and the medication is injected into the blood-this is the quickest reacting injection site.
Intradermal is a shot injected into the skin layers; this is the slowest method of injecting medications.
Sub-cutaneous is a shot injected below the skin, but not into the muscle.
IA is intra-artericular; directly into an artery.
PO-per oral
BID-2 X day
TID-3 X day
Qd-4 X day, etc
HD-last at night |