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What Are The Side Effects Of IV Injection Of Testosterone Cypionate?
Question: What are the consequences of a possible IV injection of testosterone cypionate?
Say if the needle nicked a vein during a 1/2cc muscular injection.
Say if the needle nicked a vein during a 1/2cc muscular injection.
Brief Answer:
Testosterone
Detailed Answer:
There would be no life threatening consequences immediately. But in addition to pain there will significant rise in blood levels that can stimulate red blood cell production. Excess of this is called polycythemia and can cause medical problems like clotting in the circulation. This happens occasionally with high IM doses or any other formulation too such a gels. However, it is rare for the medication to be delivered right into a vein during IM injection.
Testosterone
Detailed Answer:
There would be no life threatening consequences immediately. But in addition to pain there will significant rise in blood levels that can stimulate red blood cell production. Excess of this is called polycythemia and can cause medical problems like clotting in the circulation. This happens occasionally with high IM doses or any other formulation too such a gels. However, it is rare for the medication to be delivered right into a vein during IM injection.
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