Medication Routes

Question 1

Oral Route

Answer 1

Most common consumed by mouth

Question 2

Rectal Route

Answer 2

Suppository into the rectum through the anus

Question 3

Parenteral Route

Answer 3

(Injections) drugs that need to be quickly absorbed or given at a high dose outside the digestive system.

Intravenous (IV) injecting into vein or Intramuscular injected into muscle

Question 4

Rectal Route

Answer 4

Suppository into the rectum through the anus

Question 5

Vaginal Route

Answer 5

Inserted into the vagina

Question 6

Ocular Route

Answer 6

Administered to the eyes

Question 7

Otic Route

Answer 7

To the ear in form of drops

Question 8

Nasal Route

Answer 8

Tiny droplets delivered in a spray bottle

Question 9

Inhalation

Answer 9

Smaller droplets inhaled by mouth to lungs

Question 10

Topical Route

Answer 10

Applying drug to skin (lotion,cream,gels)

Question 11

Transdermal Route

Answer 11

Drug delivered through a patch in the skin ( medication delivers slowly, continuously for hours or days into the bloodstream)

Question 12

Controlled Substance

Answer 12

• Drugs that are more likely than others to become abused or cause addiction
• Highly addictive drugs are classified as narcotics

Question 13

ADME

Answer 13

How a drug moves throughout and processed by the body

Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion