Routes for Drug Administration
administration through the respiratory system, as by breathing in an aerosol or nebulizer spray
What is inhalation?
Food and Drug Administration
The generic name for Tylenol
What is acetaminophen?
Induced State of Sleep
What is hypnosis?
An instrument for injecting fluid
What is a syringe?
Applied to the surface of the skin
What is transdermal?
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
NSAID(s)
What is the generic name for Advil?
What is ibuprofen?
State of being poisonous
What is toxicity?
a small glass or plastic container
What is a vial?
Injected into a muscle
What is intramuscular? What is IM?
By Mouth
What is PO?
The generic name for Sudafed
Widening of a vessel
What is vasodilation?
a thin tube that can be passed into a body cavity, organ, or vessel
What is a catheter?
Administered under the tongue
What is sublingual? What is SL?
AMA stands for...
What is against medical advice?
What is the generic name for Versed?
treatment with drugs
What is chemotherapy?
a concentrated amount of a diagnostic or therapeutic substance given rapidly intravenously
What is a bolus?
Injected beneath the skin; hypodermic
What is subcutaneous?
DNR stands for...
What is Do Not Resuscitate?
What is the generic name for Coumadin?
What is warfarin?
Counteracting fever
What is antipyretic?
a small sealed glass or plastic container used for sterile intravenous solutions
What is an ampule?