can a tablet or pill be used as a suppository?


Can an oral medication be absorbed correctly if it used as a suppository? This question involves a hospice that was putting Decadron & Dilantin pills in the paitients rectum.

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Are you serious?

Follow the directions given to you by the doctor or the pharmacist.

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No, it would not absorb the same because there is very little active absorption in the rectum. Plus, most drugs are meant for stomach acid, not to mention the skipping the whole first pass effect. So – Not unless the companies had actually made those drugs in suppository form.

PS As far as I know Decadron is injectable and not in pill form.

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It's not completely out of the realm of possibility.
There used to be nystatin vaginal tabs that were occasionally prescribed orally. Dosage comes into play here.
The old rule between an oral dose and a rectal dose is that usually the rectal dose would be twice as much as the oral due to the way it is absorbed into the body.
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Old time pharmacist

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Yes, but medicated suppositories are the best to use. Suppositories can be inserted 3 different ways: vaginal, rectal, and urethral.

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