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Routes of Administ.
Question | Answer |
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What does route of administration depend on? | dosage form, patients age, and patients condition |
What is the most commonly used and convenient way of administration? | oral administration |
What are some examples of oral administration? | tablets, capsules, and liguids |
Any route other than oral is called what? | parental |
What is injection of a liquid into the skin called? | intradermal |
What is injection of a liquid uder the skin called? | subcutanous |
What is a disadvantage of subcutanous? | slower absorption |
What is injectin into a muscle called? | intramuscular |
What is a advantage of intramuscular? | more rapid absorption |
Upper arm, outside thigh, inside thigh, shot in the butt, and back of butt are what? | five intramuscular spots |
What is injection into the vein called? | intrvenous |
What is a advantage of intravenous? | effect is amediate |
What are the three types of I.V.'s? | push, drip, and piggyback |
Where is topical medication applied? | directly to the skin or muccous membranes |
What is applied to the skin directly? | transdermal |
What is an example of transdermal? | patches |
What is inhaling a drug called? | inhalation |
What is an example of inhalaltion? | inhalor |