What Is a Suppository?
Suppositories contain medicine which given rectally may be used along with other methods of pain management. Some medicine can be given in suppository form. Suppositories are sometimes used along with other methods of pain relief. When are injections into your skin or muscle used? Medication is injected into the muscle or under the skin. The method is often used if you can’t eat and drink, or for the first few days after an operation. As your pain lessens you will likely get pills for your pain. What is an injection into vein? Medication is injected into your vein through a small tube is called an “intravenous” or I.V. Medication given this way may ease your pain more quickly. What is a P.C.A.? (A) P.C.A. is a “Patient Controlled Analgesia” pump. This is a way of adding the medication into the intravenous. With a P.C.A. you have some control over when you get your pain medication. When you feel pain, you push the button attached to the P.C.A. pump. The pump lets you get the amount of p
A suppository is a medicated solid dosage form which is meant to be used in the rectum, the vagina or the urethra. It is usually conical in shape and is made up of bases that either melt at body temperature or dissolve in the small amounts of fluids that are present in the rectum or the vagina. A suppository is not a modern invention. It was used since a few hundreds of years and was well known to the Egyptians and other ancient races of people. Ancient people used to employ a small wooden piece which was blunted so that it could be inserted into the rectum. They used to dissolve the drug in honey or in some such viscous liquid, dip the wooden piece in the viscous liquid and they used to insert it in the rectum and remove it after usage. Gradually bases or vehicles for carrying the drugs used in the rectum were discovered and the most prominent among them is Cocoa butter or Theobroma oil. The basic idea of a suppository is that when a person is for some reason unable to take a medicine
Suppositories are a type of medication that is in the form of a plug or capsule and inserted directly into the rectum or the vagina. While most people think of the suppository as a medication to deal with constipation, the fact is that there are a number of different health conditions that can be treated using medicine in this form. In shape, the typical suppository is usually in the form of a small plug. The exterior coating is formulated to begin dissolving after insertion. Body heat plays a role in triggering the breakdown of the medication. As the suppository dissolves, the medication is released and absorbed into the surrounding tissue. Along with constipation, there are also products designed to help with issues such as hemorrhoids. In this instance, the suppository releases a soothing moisturizer or vasoconstrictor that can help ease the pain of the condition. People with trouble swallowing can also use products of this type to receive anything from aspirin to medications that h
