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DRUG FORMS & ROUTES
ROUTE | DOSAGE FORM | NOTE |
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ORAL | TABLET | |
ORAL | BULK POWDER | PATIENT MIXES THE POWDER WITH LIQUID TO DRINK THE CONTENTS |
ORAL | SOLUTION | CLEAR LIQUID MADE UP OF ONE OR MORE SUBSTANCES DISSOLVED IN A SOLVENT |
ORAL | SYRUP | CONCENTRATED AND MORE VISCOUS THAN WATER |
ORAL | ELIXERS | CLEAR, SWEET, AND LESS VISCOUS THAT SYRUPS |
ORAL | EMULSIONS | MIXTURE OF A WATER-BASED COMPONENT AND A OIL-BASED COMPONENT |
ORAL | GEL | |
SUBLINGUAL | TABLET | DISSOLVE UNDER THE TONGUE |
BUCCAL | LOZENGE | DISSOLVE BETWEEN THE CHEEK AND TEETH |
RECTAL | SUPPOSITORY | CAN BE USED FOR LOCAL OR SYSTEM EFFECTS |
RECTAL | SOLUTION | USUALLY USED AS AN ENEMA |
RECTAL | CREAM | USED PRIMARILY FOR A LOCAL EFFECT |
RECTAL | OINTMENT | USED PRIMARILY FOR A LOCAL EFFECT |
OPTHALMIC | SUSPENSION | ADMINISTERED IN DROPS |
OPTHALMIC | SOLUTION | ADMINISTERED IN DROPS |
OPTHALMIC | OINTMENT | MAY BLUR PATIENTS VISION |
OPTHALMIC | IMPLANT | PROLONG DRUG CONTACT WITH THE EYE |
INTRANASAL | SOLUTION | USUALLY ADMINISTERED AS DROPS |
INTRANASAL | SPRAY | LESS LIKELY TO DRAIN BACK AND BE SWALLOWED THAN DROPS |
INTRANASAL | AEROSOL | USED WHEN A DRUG IS SUFFICIENTLY VOLATILE |
INHALATION | AEROSOL | HAVE NO DANGER OF CONTAMINATION |
INHALATION | POWDER | SUPPLIED IN CARTRIDGES OR DISKS |
DERMAL | OINTMENT | THICKER TEXTURE THAN A CREAM, TEND TO BE GREASIER |
DERMAL | CREAM | "VANISH" WITH RUBBING |
DERMAL | PASTE | USED FOR THEIR PROTECTIVE ACTION |
DERMAL | PATCH | PATIENTS MAY HAVE A SENSITIVITY TO THE ADHESIVE |
DERMAL | AEROSOLS | USED FOR A LOCAL EFFECT |
VAGINAL | SUPPOSITORY | USUALLY GLOBE, EGG, OR CONE-SHAPED |
VAGINAL | TABLET | ALSO CALLED "INSERTS" - ARE USED IN THE SAME MANNER AS SUPPOSITORIES |
VAGINAL | CREAM | USED WITH A SPECIAL APPLICATION TUBE FOR INSERTION |
ORAL | CAPSULE |