Which are the different types of depot injections?
Antipsychotic depot injections
| Antipsychotic depot injections | Preparations |
|---|---|
| Aripiprazole | 400mg injection |
| Flupentixol decanoate | 20mg/ml, 40mg/2ml, 50mg/0.5ml, 100mg/1ml, 200mg/ml injection |
| Haloperidol decanoate | 50mg/ml, 100mg/ml injection |
| Paliperidone palmitate 1-monthly(Xeplion®) | 50mg, 75mg, 100mg, 150mg pre-filled syringes |
What is a depot in nursing?
A depot injection is a long-acting form of medication. The nurse injects the medication into your muscle where it forms a store or ‘depot’. This is then released slowly into your body over a period of weeks.
What is the depot injection used for?
The contraceptive injection (Depo-Provera, Sayana Press or Noristerat) releases the hormone progestogen into your bloodstream to prevent pregnancy.
What do you mean by depot?
Definition of depot 1a : a place for storing goods or motor vehicles. b : store, cache a fat depot in the body. 2a : a place for the storage of military supplies. b : a place for the reception and forwarding of military replacements.
What is paliperidone depot?
Paliperidone extended-release injections (Invega Sustenna, Invega Trinza) are used to treat schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions).
Where are depot injections administered?
Choice of injection site Most oil-based depot antipsychotic injections must be administered only into the gluteal muscle by deep intramuscular (IM) injection. The exceptions to this are flupentixol and zuclopenthixol depots which are also licensed to be administered via the lateral thigh.
What is Acuphase used for?
Acuphase® is licensed as “initial treatment of acute psychoses, including mania and exacerbation of chronic psychoses, particularly where a duration of effect of 2-3 days is desirable”.
What are depots?
1a : a place for storing goods or motor vehicles. b : store, cache a fat depot in the body. 2a : a place for the storage of military supplies. b : a place for the reception and forwarding of military replacements. 3 : a building for railroad or bus passengers or freight.
What is depot in engineering?
countable noun. A depot is a place where large amounts of raw materials, equipment, arms, or other supplies are kept until they are needed.
How do you administer paliperidone depot?
Slowly inject the entire contents of the syringe intramuscularly, deep into the selected deltoid or gluteal muscle. Do not administer by any other route.