I meant to say that I had the ampules, not vials -which are a little harder to work with. They are Roche brand, and within the expiration date, but the times I've tried it, I've never felt it. I first used an insulin syringe intramuscularly, but it didn't work well at all. I think valium is more viscous than insulin solutions, because it didn't want to go up in the needle.

After a couple of failed attempts, I turned to the internet to get "real" syringes. I am sort of a queasy person, so I bought the needles with the smallest gauge number, not realizing that smaller #'s = fatter needles. Now these suckers were BIG, and I have SMALL veins! The last time I had surgery, they had to use a pediatric needle to start an IV.

Still wanting to "play doctor," I practiced trying to stick the needle in a vein. A few times, I was able to draw blood up through the syringe, so I thought I knew what I was doing. When I tried to inject intravenously, however, it burned, burned, burned!!!! A knot developed at the site of injection, and it felt like I had been hit in the arm. Ouch!

Needless to say, I will now only take valium per os!