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In [[pharmacology]] and [[medicine]], '''drug administration routes''' are "the various ways of administering a drug or other chemical to a site in a patient or animal from where the chemical is absorbed into the blood and delivered to the target tissue."<ref>{{MeSH|Drug administration routes}}</ref> | In [[pharmacology]] and [[medicine]], '''drug administration routes''' are "the various ways of administering a drug or other chemical to a site in a patient or animal from where the chemical is absorbed into the blood and delivered to the target tissue."<ref>{{MeSH|Drug administration routes}}</ref> | ||
Examples include [[intra-articular injection]] | Examples include: | ||
*[[oral drug administration]] | |||
*[[transmucosal drug administration]] | |||
*[[transdermal drug administration]] | |||
**[[iontophoresis]] | |||
*[[nasal inhalation]] | |||
*[[opthalmic drug administration]] | |||
*[[intradermal injection]] | |||
*[[subcutaneous injection]] | |||
**[[hypodermoclysis]] | |||
*[[intravenous injection]] | |||
**[[intravenous bolus]] | |||
**[[intravenous infusion]] | |||
*[[intraosseous infusion]] | |||
*[[intra-articular injection]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 13 August 2010
In pharmacology and medicine, drug administration routes are "the various ways of administering a drug or other chemical to a site in a patient or animal from where the chemical is absorbed into the blood and delivered to the target tissue."[1]
Examples include:
- oral drug administration
- transmucosal drug administration
- transdermal drug administration
- nasal inhalation
- opthalmic drug administration
- intradermal injection
- subcutaneous injection
- intravenous injection
- intraosseous infusion
- intra-articular injection
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Drug administration routes (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.