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One mode is intravenous injection and we're going to talk --
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there are different kinds of injection.
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You can put a needle into different parts of the body.
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You can put it into a muscle,
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you can put it under the skin,
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you can put it actually into the spinal fluid that surrounds your spinal cord.
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Intravenous injection refers specifically to a needle
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that's placed within the bloodstream--within a vein,
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and so drugs are introduced directly into the bloodstream.
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The advantages of that should be obvious.
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That's what was related to Caitlin's comment,
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that drug is immediately introduced into the blood,