List three disadvantages associated with the oral route of drug administration
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: (select 3 from this list)
It is difficult for some patients to swallow the largest tablets and capsules.
The oral route cannot be used for patients who are unconscious or vomiting. Some drugs are inactivated by stomach acid and cannot be given orally. Some drugs are metabolized so quickly by the liver that a therapeutic blood level cannot be achieved.
Some drugs cannot be taken with certain foods and beverages because they combine chemically to form an insoluble complex.
Some drugs cannot be taken with certain foods because they produce severe adverse effects.
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