Caprogen DS 500 mg/2 ml IM Injection

Administer intramuscularly at a dose of 500 mg or 250 mg once weekly. Begin treatment between 16 weeks, 0 days and 20 weeks, 6 days of gestation. Continue administration once weekly until week 37 (through 36 weeks, 6 days) of gestation or delivery, whichever occurs first.

Administration-

1. Clean the ampoule top with an alcohol swab before use.
2. Draw up 1 ml of drug into a 2 ml syringe.
3. After preparing the skin, inject in the upper outer quadrant of the gluteus maximus. The solution is viscous and oily. Slow injection (over one minute or longer) is recommended.
4. Applying pressure to the injection site may minimize bruising and swelling.