Injection sites

[6friedeggs]

Do you pin certain peptides in certain body parts?
Or are the generic upper thigh / abdomen recommend for all?
I'm currently taking
Tirzepatide 10mg ( once weekly)
Cagrilintide 1mg ( once weekly)
MotsC 2mg ( mon,we'd,fri)

 

[on2jinm]

I just pin everything in my abdomen. I've discovered that other parts of my body hate surprises.

 

[BNLFL]

Left belly, then right belly. I switch weekly and it's marked on my spread sheet so I don't forget.

 

[Rezwalker]

Glutes

 

[6friedeggs]

Left belly, then right belly. I switch weekly and it's marked on my spread sheet so I don't forget.

Do you notice any stronger reactions depending on injection site?

 

[BNLFL]

Do you notice any stronger reactions depending on injection site?

I didn't. I thought about my butt, but I hardly feel the belly.

 

[professorpeppy]

abdomen switching sides weekly. hurts the least and no one ever really sees it. I do get local inflammation at the site, I bruise easily and get red welts.

 

[WLBLD]

abdomen switching sides weekly. hurts the least and no one ever really sees it. I do get local inflammation at the site, I bruise easily and get red welts.

Have you tried icing before? I bruise easily & its helped

 

[professorpeppy]

Have you tried icing before? I bruise easily & its helped

never but i am open to try! i will do this on pin day and let you know how i get on.

how long do you ice?

 

[WLBLD]

never but i am open to try! i will do this on pin day and let you know how i get on.

how long do you ice?

I do about 15-30min. You can see the skin get red from the cold. I'm a huge baby with needles too & makes you not feel anything as well. Now I maybe get a teeny dot that doesn't last. I do lower belly

 

[GrandmaJ]

I do a little above my c-section scar on the right. There is a spot without any nerves apparently and I don't feel anything. I did notice a bruise in the area since I started the TA-1 twice a day for my cold. So I tried a different spot and noped right out of that! I will take a little bruise over feeling pain.

 

[dancs]

I take 6 every day. Abdomen is jacked. I do butt cheeks sometimes (they hurt), under my armpits, and then abdomen last resort.

 

[BNLFL]

I take 6 every day. Abdomen is jacked. I do butt cheeks sometimes (they hurt), under my armpits, and then abdomen last resort.

Shots in the butt hurts? I was going to to that area this morning. What syringes are you using?

 

[dancs]

Shots in the butt hurts? I was going to to that area this morning. What syringes are you using?

I think it's okay.

I've been pinning upper cheeks and I'm thinking that because I don't let the syringes rest outside the fridge long enough, when I inject, that shit hurts. But after it's done, the pain dies down. It's probably just too cold.
I don't have alot of subq in that area too, it's mostly abdomen and under my arm pits.

 

[ThinkVision]

I pin on a rotation. Left/right delt, left/right lat, left/right abdomen (love handle area), Left/right glute... And occasionally the quads... But those seem to get sore.

This keeps skin from getting scar tissue build up which makes it harder to insert the needle over time.

Generally speaking I'll apply light pressure on the needle in these spots, making micro-adjustments until I find a "numb" spot I don't feel the needle, then insert... This tends to prevent any discomfort.

Whether or not I'm injecting subq or intra dictates needle length.

 

[BNLFL]

I think it's okay.

I've been pinning upper cheeks and I'm thinking that because I don't let the syringes rest outside the fridge long enough, when I inject, that shit hurts. But after it's done, the pain dies down. It's probably just too cold.
I don't have alot of subq in that area too, it's mostly abdomen and under my arm pits.

What brand of syringes.

 

[dancs]

What brand of syringes.

SPEEDIVO from amazon; .5ml 30g

basic syringes

buying premium syringes would make a difference?

 

[BNLFL]

SPEEDIVO from amazon; .5ml 30g

basic syringes

buying premium syringes would make a difference?

Yes, at least I think so. I tried some Amazon ones at the start, nope. I've been using Easy Touch and BD 31g 8mm. I have a box of .5ml and 1ml in both brands. Both are just about same feel and draw/inject good. Much different that the Amazon ones, more money too.

 

[dancs]

Yes, at least I think so. I tried some Amazon ones at the start, nope. I've been using Easy Touch and BD 31g 8mm. I have a box of .5ml and 1ml in both brands. Both are just about same feel and draw/inject good. Much different that the Amazon ones, more money too.

Damn.... You Amazon!!!

I'll check those out. Thank you!

 

[Bigdog0628]

I’m pinning where ever I can find a little fat which is everywhere lol. Thighs, stomach, hips, lower back, butt, rotating often

 

[BNLFL]

Damn.... You Amazon!!!

I'll check those out. Thank you!

The Easy Touch are normally cheaper that the BD's.

 

[sheilarae74]

I’m pinning where ever I can find a little fat which is everywhere lol. Thighs, stomach, hips, lower back, butt, rotating often

I find that where there is the most fat, it hurts less.

 

[MikeyMike]

I've started pinning more on my hips and butt. Still some on the abdomen, but ones that leave more reactions like MOTS-C and NAD+ are all on hip or butt. Been thinking to do some IM, I do my TRT IM and Glutathione IM and they seem to have no injection site reaction. Gluta does burn a bit, but no swelling. I heard a podcaster the other day say he does most peps IM now. Anyone else try this? My preferred IM site is thigh, feel no pain, even with a 25g 1inch needle. First week of TRT had some soreness, but that is gone now too.

 

[on2jinm]

Do you notice any stronger reactions depending on injection site?

For what it's worth, in Lilly's studies of Tirzepatide, it showed higher absorption level/concentration in bloodstream when it is injected in the abdomen compared with thigh or arm. I don't know if that holds true for other peptides, but maybe.

ClinicalTrials.gov

clinicaltrials.gov

 

[Calm Logic]

To be clear, the body absorbs the same amount. The abdominal injections are just absorbed faster:

Thigh injections significantly reduce gastrointestinal side effects (like nausea and vomiting) at the cost of less pronounced immediate appetite suppression, whereas abdominal injections maximize appetite suppression but carry a substantially higher likelihood of gastrointestinal discomfort.

For instance, nausea was reported by only 20.8% of participants who used the thigh, compared to 37% who used the abdomen. Vomiting rates were also lowest in the thigh (7.6% vs. 16.7% in the abdomen).

The upper arm generally occupied a middle ground for both appetite suppression and gastrointestinal side effects.

 

[HistLady]

I want to second the love for Easy Touch syringes. Much, much, much better and not that much more expensive than Amazon no name boxes.

 

[JourneyToPerfection]

My skin/body is such a little bitch. Pinning Reta and cag weekly in my stomach is fine, no issues. But any other peptide gives me insane ISR (picture from pinning glut 2 days ago in two seperate sites). I find pinning my thighs where there’s less fat weirdly hurts less for the others and my ISR is tiny (second pic are my glow pins)

 

[Calm Logic]

I only take glutathione by IM now. Last time I did subq, it looked like road rash, despite being well diluted.

I find pinning my thighs where there’s less fat weirdly hurts less for the others and my ISR is tiny

For subq, another area that may hurt less is the side hip area, under the love handles.

 

[lessthanhalf]

Lower abdomen fat for everything except mots-c, which gives me an itchy lump so I do that in my thigh where I have a malfunctioning nerve so it is less itchy.

 

[miameow]

• IM glutes : >1mL of whatever stings. Usually L-carnitine, vitamins, etc
• IM delt : <=1mL of oils or peps inc I want absorbed quickly, including HGH and NAD+
• SQ abdomen : strictly reserved for KLOW