Little red bumps on your toes may seem like an alarming problem, but they're usually no cause for major concern. One of the most common reasons for little...
Blood Clot Prevention: Injection. Your doctor has prescribed shots (injectable medicine) to prevent or treat blood clots. This medicine is an anticoagulant (an-tihko-AG-you-lent). Sometimes it is referred to as a blood thinner. Along with the anticoagulant medicine, your doctor may prescribe other methods to prevent blood clots.
All four doses of the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) are given by injection. Sometimes they're given at the same time as the DTaP, hepatitis B, or Hib vaccines. Another type of vaccine â oral polio vaccine (OPV), which is made from a live, weakened version of the virus â has not been used in the United States since 2000. The OPV was considered somewhat more effective than the IPV.