drug patch
Adhesive medicine delivery
A drug patch is a small adhesive bandage that delivers medication through the skin over an extended period.
Patches provide steady doses of nicotine, pain relievers, hormones, or other drugs without pills or injections: She switched to a nicotine patch to quit smoking.
Also called transdermal patch.
- transdermalPassing through skin
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
- quit smokingCease using tobacco
- adhesiveMaterial that bonds objects
- skinBody's outer layer
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- skin patches
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