topical medication
Applied to surface
Topical medication is medicine applied directly to a body surface—usually the skin, but also eyes, ears, or mucous membranes.
Creams, ointments, patches, and drops are common forms.
The medication acts locally rather than traveling through the bloodstream: The doctor prescribed a topical medication for the rash.
- ointmentMedicated skin cream
- creamRich milk fat
- skin creamTopical moisturizing product
- salveTopical healing preparation
- balmHealing topical preparation
lotion · gel · patch · rub · rub it in · liniment · spot treatment · soothing · skin · apply · spread · absorb · tingle · cooling · burning · pain relief · rash · itch
route of administration
topical medicationoral medication
Drugs swallowed whole
pill · tablet · capsule · injection · intramuscular injection
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