skin patch
Medicated body sticker
A skin patch is a medicated adhesive strip applied to the skin, delivering drugs gradually through absorption: a nicotine patch, a fentanyl patch, birth control patch.
The method provides steady dosing without pills or injections.
Also called a transdermal patch.
- adhesiveMaterial that bonds objects
- peel and stickBacking-stripped bonding method
- bandageWound covering strip
- transdermalPassing through skin
- drug deliveryConveying medicine to tissues
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- topicalsointment, lotion, cream, balm, salve
- medical devicespacemaker, defibrillator, AED, ventilator, CT scanner
- skin patches
- skin treatmentscreams, ointments, lotions, hydrocortisone cream, hydrocortisone
- microneedles
- therapiesart therapy, physical therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, music therapy
drug delivery method
skin patchpill
Solid medicine dose
capsule · injection · IV infusion · suppository · inhaler
invasiveness of administration
skin patchinjection
Syringe-delivered dose
intravenous line · IV drip · hypodermic needle · central line · epidural
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