21.   On Sunday, he also planned to have an injection of Xylocaine to numb his right side.

22.   Patients typically have the injection every three to six months because the effect wears off.

23.   Patients who need kidney dialysis and others with low blood counts have regular injections of erythropoietin itself.

24.   Angels OF Tim Salmon had an injection to treat his inflamed left shoulder.

25.   C Eddie Taubensee, disabled by a bulging disc in his back, will have another injection Wednesday.

26.   When he was on the disabled list earlier this season he had injections of a substance that stimulates bodily fluid that lubricates the joint.