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How does medication gets into the blood stream from pills?

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Medications: They are absorbed into the gut cells then enter the blood stream via tiny blood vessels called capillaries then some of the medication proceed to the liver then to the general circulation, sometimes medications bypass the liver when they are taken under the tongue.

Answered 4/17/2013

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