transdermal patches
Adhesive drug delivery
Transdermal patches are adhesive bandages that deliver medication through the skin into the bloodstream.
They provide steady, controlled doses over hours or days—common for nicotine replacement, pain management, birth control, and motion sickness.
The patch bypasses the digestive system, which can reduce side effects and maintain more consistent drug levels than pills.
- adhesiveMaterial that bonds objects
- fentanylSynthetic pain-blocking compound
- skinBody's outer layer
- scopolamineTropane alkaloid for nausea
- motion sicknessNausea from perceived movement
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- pharmaceuticalsanalgesics, medicines, anesthetics, pills, acetaminophen
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transdermal patchesoral medication
Drugs swallowed whole
pills · tablets · capsules · intramuscular injection · subcutaneous injection
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