Pharmacology-CMT
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- Oral-Gastrointestinal
- Swallowed, nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes
- Intravenous
- Directly into the blood stream via the vein.
- Intramuscular
- into the body of a muscle
- Subcutaneous
- into the tissues below the dermis but above the muscle layer
- Intradermal or intracutaneous
- into outer layers of skin, between the outermost or epidermis layer above the subcutaneous layer, into the dermis.
- Intra-arterial
- used for antineoplastic agents directly into the artery of an inoperable malignant tumor or organ containing a tumor.
- Inraperitoneal
- used in renal dysfunction
- Intrapleural (Intrathoracic)
- injected into the chest cavity to treat pleural conditions.
- Intraspinal (intrathecal) and Epidural
- into the subarachnoid space of the spinal canal(Intraspinal). The drug goes directly into the cerebrospinal fluid used for contrast media and anesthesia.
- Intracardiac
- injection of epinephrine and calcium chloride directly into the ventricular cavity to treat ventricular fibrillation.
- Intrasynovial (Intra-articular)
- into the joint space to treat inflammatory conditions.