Question

What is the subcutaneous (SC or SQ) route of administration?

Accepted Answer

This is medication delivered beneath the skin as an injection into the tissue between the skin and muscle. Because there is less blood here than in the muscles, medications that are given by this route are generally absorbed more slowly, and their effects last longer. Daily insulin injections for patients with diabetes are given this way, as well as some forms of epinephrine.

Front	What is the subcutaneous (SC or SQ) route of administration?
Back	This is medication delivered beneath the skin as an injection into the tissue between the skin and muscle. Because there is less blood here than in the muscles, medications that are given by this route are generally absorbed more slowly, and their effects last longer. Daily insulin injections for patients with diabetes are given this way, as well as some forms of epinephrine.

Route Skin Subcutaneous Sc Sq Administration Medication Delivered