Timeline for Why aren't drugs delivered directly into arteries, rather than veins?
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| Aug 17, 2017 at 12:40 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | @ImprisonedRhesus - Vets often do use the veins in the animal's foreleg to administer IV meds; other meds are subcutaneous or intramuscular. In humans, IM usually involves the upper arm (deltoid area) for small amounts of drugs, the buttocks or thigh for larger amounts. IV could be any vein; before picc lines, we'd even use the veins of the scalp for neonates or between the toes for adults. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 23:08 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | (Still none of this affects substantially my answer - unless you are getting injections into the veins in your digestive organs or spleen that drain to the portal system, none of the blood is going directly to the liver) | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 23:07 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | Forelimbs might as well be arms in this context. Are you getting IV injections? The veins of the arm, or hand are by far most common. If there are other targets I presume that's either directly related to the research or they are not IV. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 23:00 | comment | added | Imprisoned Rhesus | Not all mammals have "arms" for starters. Also, when the researchers give me injections, they never put the needle in my arm. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 22:57 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @ImprisonedRhesus That changes little if any of my answer - which parts do you think are human specific? | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 22:54 | comment | added | Imprisoned Rhesus | The question is not just about human beings, but about any mammal. | |
| Aug 16, 2017 at 21:00 | history | answered | Bryan Krause♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |