Enteral Route

•Administering a drug by mouth.

•Simplest and most common means of administering

drugs.

•Can be swallowed allowing oral delivery.

•Can be placed under the tongue facilitating direct

absorption into the bloodstream (Buccal/Sublingual).

•Preparations: Tablets/Capsules and Liquids

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PARENTERAL ROUTE
•INTRODUCES DRUGS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE BODY’S
BARRIER DEFENSES INTO THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION OR
OTHER VASCULAR TISSUE.

•USED FOR TREATMENT OF UNCONSCIOUS PATIENTS AND

UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRED A RAPID ONSET
OF DRUG.

•HIGHEST BIOAVAILABILITY.

•SITES: SUBCUTANEOUS (SC), INTRAMUSCULAR (IM),

AND INTRAVENOUS (IV).
 PARENTERAL ROUTE
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
•MINIMIZES THE RISKS OF
HEMOLYSIS OR THROMBOSIS
ASSOCIATED WITH IV INJECTION
AND MAY PROVIDE CONSTANT,
SLOW AND SUSTAINED EFFECTS.
PARENTERAL ROUTE
INTRAMUSCULAR
INJECTION
 PARENTERAL ROUTE
INTRAVENOUS INJECTION
PARENTERAL ROUTE
OTHER ROUTES: ORAL INHALATION
OTHER ROUTES: NASAL INHALATION
OTHER ROUTES:
INTRATHECAL/ INTRAVENTRICULAR
OTHER ROUTES: TOPICAL
OTHER ROUTES: TRANSDERMAL
OTHER ROUTES:
SUPPOSITORIES (RECTAL/VAGINAL)