Fatter buttocks require longer needles

[Regis Philbin]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/29/health/webmd/main1081630.shtml
Fat Buttocks Need Longer Needles

Nov. 29, 2005


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"We have identified a new problem related, in part, to the increasing amount of fat in patients' buttocks.

Victoria Chan, MBBCh


(WebMD) Obesity may require using longer needles to administer shots to patients' behinds.

The reason: Fat may prevent standard needles from reaching muscles in the buttocks, especially in obese women. That could mean that patients aren't getting the intended dose of medicine.

Victoria Chan, MBBCh, and colleagues reported their finding in Chicago at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting.

Chan works in Dublin, Ireland, at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital's clinic

[TrueB&B_BritFan]

hmm... should we use this "regular" needle... or this FOOT LONG needle?

[bjorkfan19]

I'd like to see a video of that meeting. I know some of them were giggling.

[DoubleEdgeSword]

It's true, though. Our longest needles on the floor are 1 1/2 inches. And sometimes that just isn't long enough. But, the buttocks is just one place to give an intramuscular injection. We can also give them in the upper arm, top of the thigh, and the hip.

Oh, and... *giggle* :p