Too much “junk in the trunk” isn’t just a cosmetic concern anymore.Excess buttocks fat, especially in women, can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, painkillers, contraceptives and anti-nausea drugs that are typically injected into the buttocks’ gluteal muscles, researchers report."We are the first to report that the majority of intramuscular injections into the buttocks are not effective in the Western adult population,” said Victoria O. Chan, a researchers at The Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and the lead researcher on the study. She said obesity is the big reason drugs often aren’t getting through to patients who receive a shot in the behind.The findings were to be presented Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago.
