Needle Size

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Thanks Bill and Phill for your comments. I grabbed another needle out of the

box to see what he had and just now found out the box contains THREE different

needle sizes! All 25 g, blue/white wrapper, but some are 5/8 " , some 1 " and some

1.5 " OMG! I thought this was an unopened box from CVS and the BD label on the

outside says 1 " , and it looks like that's what we've mostly been using. Now

that I can see it, a 5/8 " needle is pretty short. It looks like 5/8 " is the

longest needle that comes with 1 ml unless I want to swap needles. Don't want

to add more disposed plastic to the environment, so will talk to the pharmacist

when returning the five 5/8 " needles.

Barb

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> > > > > The size of the needles you use: I use a 22 gauge

> > > > needle to withdraw the T-Cyp, and 25 gauge 1 " needle to

> > > > inject with.  I find the 27 guage needle, though finer

> > > > and potentially a bit less painful, is too short.  The

> > > > T-Cyp gets into the bloodstream too fast in my opinion.

> > > > Having the T-Cyp deep into the muscle with a 1 "

> > > > needle works best for me - the T seems to be more even

> > > > and consistent in how it's absorbed into my bloodstream.

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