The site of injection is the crucial factor ... presented much later (Fatunde & Familusi, 2001). In fact, gluteal IM injection that led to sciatic nerve injury most often presented as paralytic ...

Risperidone-naive: rule out risperidone hypersensitivity before using injection. Give by deep deltoid or gluteal IM inj; alternate sides. Give with oral risperidone (or other antipsychotic ...

Give by deep deltoid IM inj, initially 234mg on Day 1, then 156mg one week later. Maintenance: Give by deep deltoid or gluteal IM inj once monthly. Schizophrenia: 117mg; may increase or decrease ...

A 25-year-old male patient presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular (IM) injections. Blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging of his spine ...