A client is ordered to receive a medication to relieve inflammation. The nurse determines that the medication is needed quickly. The nurse anticipates that which drug form will be ordered so that the medication can be released rapidly?
a. Tablet
b. Enteric-coated pill
c. Capsule
d. Liquid suspension
ANS: D
This medication does not need to go through the dissolution phase, so it is more rapidly absorbed.
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