<P> Injection (often referred to as a "shot" in US English, or a "jab" in UK English) is the act of putting a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe . Injection is a technique for delivering drugs by parenteral administration, that is, administration via a route other than through the digestive tract . Parenteral injection includes subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous, intraperitoneal, intracardiac, intraarticular and intracavernous injection . </P> <P> Injection is generally administered as a bolus, but can possibly be used for continuous drug administration as well . Even when administered as a bolus, the medication may be long - acting, and can then be called depot injection . Administration by an indwelling catheter is generally preferred instead of injection in case of more long - term or recurrent drug administration . </P> <P> Injections are among the most common health care procedures, with at least 16 billion administered in developing and transitional countries each year . 95% of injections are administered in curative care, 3% are for immunization, and the rest for other purposes, such as blood transfusions . In some instances the term injection is used synonymously with inoculation even by different workers in the same hospital . This should not cause confusion; the focus is on what is being injected / inoculated, not the terminology of the procedure . </P> <P> Since the process inherently involves a small puncture wound to the body (with varying degrees of pain depending on injection type and location, medication type, needle gauge and the skill of the individual administering the injection), fear of needles is a common phobia . </P>

Which type of medication is injected with a syringe