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Forms of Oral Drugs
Fastes
• liquids: syrups, elixirs
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• suspensions
• powders
Slowe
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Buccal/Sublingual
mouth
– buccal = cheek
Buccal/Sublingual
• Onset
– rapid
• absorbed directly into blood
• Intrathecal:
within the
spinal canal
Topical: on the skin
• absorbed
– transdermal: usually slowly over a day
Inhalation
• Suppositories
– Vaginal: usually not absorbed
• Rectal: absorbed
– some first pass effect