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a needle bypasses your digestive system's opinion and delivers the message directly.
means a method of putting a substance into the body using a needle, skipping the slow route through the gut.
from from latin injectio, to throw in; the modern hypodermic syringe arrived in 1853, invented almost simultaneously by scotland's alexander wood and france's charles pravaz, both chasing a faster way to deliver morphine.
speed advantageintravenous drugs act in seconds, not hours
needle fear nametrypanophobia affects roughly one in ten adults
first vaccine jabedward jenner used a lancet, not a syringe, 1796
insulin milestonefirst diabetic patient injected with insulin in 1922
for instance
insulin pens — millions of diabetics self-inject daily to regulate blood sugar
covid vaccines — over 13 billion doses administered worldwide since 2020
botox — cosmetic injections became a billion-dollar industry by the 2000s
epipen — delivers epinephrine in seconds during severe allergic reactions