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What is the definition or description of: suppository?
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See below: A suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina (vaginal suppository) or urethra (urethral suppository), where it dissolves or melts. They are used to deliver both systemically-acting and locally-acting medications. The alternative term for delivery of medicine via such routes is pharmaceutical pessary.
Answered 10/23/2017
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A waxy: Device impregnanted with a medication that is inserted in the anus, so that the medication will be absorbed from the rectal mucosa. These can be for consitpation, for anxiety, or for pain, when the oral route is not available.
Answered 10/18/2015
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