title: Taking the jab out of needles.
abstract: Typically, health professionals regard injections and venipuncture as routine for them and a minor nuisance for the patient. Yet for others, needles arouse dread and anxiety. This fear of needles may even lead some people to avoid dental and health care.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Givens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oberle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lander
mesh_terms: D001815:Bloodletting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011318:Prilocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D011318:Prilocaine; D008012:Lidocaine