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It is important to follow directions regarding taking medication with or without food as stomach contents can affect absorption. In addition, some foods can interfere with medications (grapefruit juice is known to affect several medications).
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Most oral medications are intended for absorption in the?
Type your answer here... Stomach
What are the drug interactions associated with taking fenugreek?
Enhances anticoagulant activity and not to be used with heparin, warfarin, ticlopidine. Diabetic medications need to be under medical supervision. May alter the absorption of any oral medication. And more . . .
What patients with spasticity can benefit from oral medications?
Oral medications are typically most useful in patients with mild, widespread spasticity, or those for whom sedation is not a problem.
Rates of absorption of medication are important. In what order would methods of absorption be arranged from fastest to slowest?
Answer is A. injection, oral, topical
Rates of absorption of medication are important in what order would methods of absorption be arranged from fastest to slowest?
Answer is A. injection, oral, topical
How do you give calcibloc oral or sublingual?
Sublingual for easily absorption of the medicine
Which route of administration allows a medication to enter the bloodstream directly?
Medications given by Intravenous (IV) routes are 100% absorbed because they have no barriers to entry into the bloodstream.Intramuscular (IM) injections give less absorption because it enters large muscle.Subcutaneous (Sub-Q) injections give less absorption because it enters the fatty layer of tissue just under the skin.Oral administration must travel through stomach and small intestines before absorption occurs.Sub-lingual (under the tongue) has a faster and higher rate of absorption than "by mouth" (oral) because sub-lingual means the med sits against the oral mucosa as it dissolves and is picked up by capillaries.Rectal administration and vaginal administration has a slightly higher rate of absorption than oral administration because
In what order would methods of absorption be arranged from fastest to slowest?
The order in which the methods of absorption are arranged from the fastest to the slowest are Injection, Oral, and Topical.
Where are most oral medications absorbed?
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What is the minimal amount of fluid offered with oral medications?
8 oz
Can you treat B12 deficiency orally when your stomach has been surgically removed?
B12 is absorbed in the ileum Where the large and small bowel join. Lack of a stomach should not affect the absorption of Oral dosing B vitamins.
What forms of medication are administered PO?
Oral medications are administered "P.O."
