A patient is a candidate for fertility drug therapy with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG). By which route should the health care provider administer this drug?
a. Intravaginal
b. Intramuscular
c. Subcutaneous
d. Oral
ANS: B
Human chorionic gonadotropin is destroyed in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and therefore is ad-ministered parenterally.
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