What is the route of administration?
A route of administration is the way in which a drug enters your system. Aside from taking a medication by mouth, also called the oral route, you might have an injection into a muscle, as sometimes is the case with painful trigger points.
How many routes of administration are there?
Know the different drug administration routes as oral, rectal, parenteral, inhalation, dermal and mucosal. Routes of administration of a drug are determined by its physical and chemical properties, patient characteristics and the rapidity of response desired. Major routes are oral, parenteral and topical.
What is IV route of administration?
IV injection is the introduction of a medication into the veins using a needle, and it is used when rapid absorption is called for, when fluid cannot be taken by mouth, or when the medication to be administered is too irritating to be injected into the skin or muscles.
What is the most common route of drug administration?
Oral medication is the most common form of drug administration because of advantages such as convenience of drug administration via the oral route, patient preference, cost-effectiveness, and ease of large-scale manufacturing of oral dosage forms.
What is the difference between oral and parenteral route?
On oral administration, drug action has a slower onset and more prolonged but less potent effect than when drugs are given parenterally. Some drugs like nitroglycerin may be given sublingually by placing them under patient’s tongue, where they are retained until dissolved and absorbed.
What is IM and IV?
IV infusions allow a set amount of medication to be administered in a controlled manner over a period of time. Intramuscular (IM) injections. IM injections are given deep into a muscle where the medication is then absorbed quickly by surrounding blood vessels.
Which route of administration is the fastest?
The intravenous route is considered to be the fastest route of drug administration. The injections and the infusions are administered by this route have 100% bioavailability.
What is the difference between intramuscular and intravenous injection?
IV infusions allow a set amount of medication to be administered in a controlled manner over a period of time. Intramuscular (IM) injections. IM injections are given deep into a muscle where the medication is then absorbed quickly by surrounding blood vessels. Subcutaneous (SC) injections.
What is IV and SC?
Abbreviations: IV = intravenous, IM = intramuscular, SC = subcutaneous.