methotrexate injecting what size needle?
If you are injecting methotrexate into abdomen, Please respond... What gauge needle are you using? and what is the length of needle? (Our mail order pharmacy messed up I think. They se...
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Haven't used that, but it appears to be given under the skin, rather than into a muscle. For that, in the abdomen, 1/2 to 3/4 would be fine, and I thing that 1 1/2 inch would be a bit much. For insulin, I use needles that are about 1/4 inch, just enough to go under the skin. We do b-12 injections with 1" needles into the muscle. I don't like anything smaller that about 29 gauge needles, but longer needles have to be longer.
