Administering Drugs as per Prescription

                                    


Administering Drugs as per Prescription-

Introduction
We take medications to diagnose, treat, or prevent illness. They come in lots of different forms and we take them in many different ways. You may take a drug yourself, or a healthcare provider may give it to you.

Drugs can be dangerous, though, even when they’re meant to improve our health. Taking them correctly and understanding the right way to administer them can reduce the risks. Read on to learn the importance of using medication as directed.

Routes of medication administration

There are several different ways drugs can be administered. You’re probably familiar with injections and pills that you swallow, but medications can be given in many other ways as well.

Routes of medication administration are described in the table below.

Route	Explanation
buccal	held inside the cheek
enteral	delivered directly into the stomach or intestine (with a G-tube or J-tube)
inhalable	breathed in through a tube or mask
infused	injected into a vein with an IV line and slowly dripped in over time
intramuscular	injected into muscle with a syringe
intrathecal	injected into your spine
intravenous	injected into a vein or into an IV line
nasal	given into the nose by spray or pump
ophthalmic	given into the eye by drops, gel, or ointment
oral	swallowed by mouth as a tablet, capsule, lozenge, or liquid
otic	given by drops into the ear
rectal	inserted into the rectum
subcutaneous	injected just under the skin
sublingual	held under the tongue
topical	applied to the skin
transdermal	given through a patch placed on the ski

The route used to give a drug depends on three main factors:

1- the part of the body being treated
2- the way the drug works within the body
3- the formula of the drug

For instance, some drugs are destroyed by stomach acid if they’re taken by mouth. So, they may have to be given by injection instead.

              

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