Pharmacology - Routes of administration: Enteral

Question 1

What is the enteral route of administration?

Answer 1

• Enteral administration is food or drug administration via the human gastrointestinal tract. This contrasts with parenteral nutrition or drug administration, which occurs from routes outside the GI tract, such as intravenous routes. Enteral administration involves the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines.

Question 2

What is buccal?

What is its route location?

Answer 2

• Buccal administration involves placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood. Both sublingual and buccal drugs come in tablets, films, or sprays.
• Some sources consider buccal and sublingual routes to be oral administration; others consider them mucous membrane administration, along with nasal, inhalation, ophthalmic, rectal, and vaginal routes
• location is against the cheek

Question 3

What is oral?

Where is its route located?

Answer 3

• Oral administration is a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth.
• Route location is the mouth, stomach (nasogastric, gastrostomy, tubes), and intestines (nasoenteric tube).

Question 4

What is sublingual?

What is its route location?

Answer 4

• Sublingual administration of drug refers to the placement of drug under the tongue. The sublingual route bypasses the first-pass metabolism and hence facilitates rapid absorption of the drug into the systemic circulation. Drug directly reaches the systemic circulation using blood vessels.
• Location is under the tongue

Question 5

Mucous membrane

Answer 5

A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs.

the moist inner lining of various tubular structures, including the mouth, esophagus, stomach, and intestines

Question 6

medication formulation for the buccal route?

Answer 6

tablets

Question 7

medication formulation for the oral route?

Answer 7

tablets, capsules, caplets, lozenges, syrups, suspension, emulsions, elixirs, solutions

Question 8

medication formulation for the rectal route?

Answer 8

solutions, suppositories, creams, ointments, gel

Question 9

medication formulation for the respiratory route?

Answer 9

sprays, aerosols, mist, steam, dry powder for inhalation

Question 10

medication formulation for the ophthalmic and otic route?

Answer 10

drops, ointment

Question 11

medication formulation for topical/transdermal routes?

Answer 11

gels, tinctures, solutions, ointments, lotion, creams, liniments, powder, patches, sprays