Suppositories: Benefits, Usage, and Risks
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What is a suppository used for?
Please help improve the article by providing more context for the reader. (November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) A suppository is a dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (any opening in the body), where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects.
How do rectal suppositories work?
Rectal suppositories come in different shapes and sizes but are usually narrowed at one end. Rectal suppositories can deliver many types of medication. For instance, they may contain glycerin to treat constipation or acetaminophen to treat a fever. Medication from a rectal suppository tends to work quickly.
What is a vaginal suppository?
Vaginal suppositories are oval-shaped. You can use them for: Urethral suppositories are rare. There’s only one kind, MUSE, which men with erection problems can use to take the drug alprostadil. The suppository is about the size of a grain of rice.
When should a patient have a suppository?
Suppositories may also be considered when oral medications cannot be used, in palliative care, if a patient has swallowing difficulties or has severe nausea and cannot retain oral medication.
What is constipation suppositories?
A useful definition of constipation is going to the toilet less frequently than is normal for you, and passing hard stools when you do go. Glycerol suppositories are used to treat constipation. They can be bought without a prescription at pharmacies and other retail outlets. Glycerol is a mild irritant.
How does a suppository work?
The suppository works by its mildly irritating action prompting a rectal contraction and emptying of the bowel. Sometimes they can be used for patients with faecal incontinence. This is because the suppository will cause the back passage to empty and then there is nothing to leak out. How do they work?
When do people use suppositories?
People use suppositories when they are unable to take drugs orally. Suppositories are another way to deliver drugs to the body when other routes, such as oral, cannot be used. A suppository is small and may be round, oval, or cone-shaped. A substance, such as cocoa butter or gelatin, surrounds the medication.
suppositories References
If you want to know more about suppositories, consider exploring links below:
What Is Suppositories
- https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/suppositories-how-to-use
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323008
- https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/display-pil/pil-suppositories-how-to-use-them--6294
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppository
- https://www.healthline.com/health/drugs/how-to-use-rectal-suppositories
- https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/a4473/how-to-use-your-suppositories/
- https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/pifs/how-to-use-your-suppositories/
- https://www.britishjournalofnursing.com/content/clinical/administering-a-suppository-types-considerations-and-procedure/
- https://www.goodrx.com/drugs/medication-basics/what-is-suppository
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