drug administration
Delivering therapeutic substances
Drug administration is the process of giving a medication to a patient—by mouth, injection, inhalation, or other routes.
The term covers both the act itself and the method chosen: oral administration, intravenous administration.
In institutional contexts, it includes the protocols ensuring correct dosage, timing, and patient identification.
Capitalized, it often refers to regulatory agencies like the Food and Drug Administration.
- oralOf the mouth
- take with foodMedication timing instruction
- empty stomachDigestive tract without food
- pill bottleMedication storage container
- dosingGiving measured medicine
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Invasive medical procedure
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