Route
Please select the category that describes the route by which the medicine involved was prescribed.
Inhalation: Drug given as a gas which is absorbed by the lungs.
Intramuscular: Drug given into a muscle, usually the leg muscle or buttocks.
Intravenous: Drug given into a vein.
Intravesicular: Drug given into the bladder.
Nasal: Drug given up the nose.
Optical: Drug given into the eye.
Oral: Drugs taken by mouth and swallowed. Also covers drugs given via a PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) or naso-gastric tube. For drugs placed on the tongue see Sublingual, below.
Per ear: Or, per aural.
Per vagina: Drugs placed in the vagina.
Rectal: Drugs placed in the rectum.
Subcutaneous: Drugs given under the skin.
Sublingual: Drugs placed under the tongue.
Topical: Drugs applied to the skin.
Other
Unknown
Not applicable