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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.
The hepatitis B vaccine is designed to be given intramuscularly with a 22- to 25-gauge needle 1 to 1Â½ inches long. Patients below the age of 20 receive a 0.5 ml dosage, and patients aged 20 and older receive a 1.0 ml dosage. The second injection is given eight weeks after the first.