Oral administration of drugs

This chapter will discuss the different systemic routes of drug administration, their advantages, and their limitations. Oral Administration: Oral administration is the oldest and most commonly used route of drug administration. This route is safe, convenient, and non-invasive. It is suitable for both solid and liquid dosage forms.

Some of the different routes of drug administration include: Oral, Taking drugs orally is one of the most common ways of drug administration for both medicinal

Oral medication is the most common form of drug administration because of advantages such as convenience of drug administration via the oral route, patient preference, cost-effectiveness

Steroid drug, Route of administration. Hydrocortisone, Oral, IV or topical. Prednisone, Oral. Prednisolone, Oral. Fludrocortisone, Oral.

Tramadol by oral administration; Lorazepam by oral administration; Diazepam by oral administration; Morphine by oral administration or by

Oral mucosal (e.g. sub- or supralingual or buccal) administration of drugs is often the route of administration of choice when the drug shows a large first-pass effect after oral delivery. Systemic exposure of drugs after oral mucosal administration is often expected to be a route of administration with a fast onset of action.

Drugs given by extravascular administration must first be absorbed from the site of administration. For example, after oral drug administration, the drug may be

Lorazepam by oral administration; Temazepam by oral administration Oxycodone by oral administration; Temazepam by oral administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved L-glutamine oral powder (Endari, Emmaus Medical, Inc.) for oral administration to reduce the acute