• Echo (they/them)@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    19 hours ago

    To go further, even the instruction “by the mouth” is ambiguous and could mean orally, buccally, or sublingually. Those all have different absorptions with the latter two being mucous membranes and therefore bypassing the liver, leading to different (generally better) bioavailability of medications dependent on the health of those tissues and the type of medication.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      18 hours ago

      No idea why you got downvoted. They arent rare, Zofran the most common anti nausea med is meant for sublingual.