Question

Advantage and disadvantage of oral route of drug administration

Answer 1

Ease of administration as even the patient can take medicine on his own without others help.

b. The chances of taking improper dose is absent.

c. This is non-painful route and also safest route.

d. Also dosing by this route allows no wastage of drug.

d. It is suitable for people of all ages including infants, children, adults and old age people.

But it also has few limitations like

a. It is not possible to give drugs in this route to comatose patients.

b. Not all drugs can be given by this route due to chance of degradation liver before showing its actions.

c. In case of emergency this route is not preferred as the time taken by medicament given by this route to produce effect is half and hour to one hour. That is there is no immediate response.