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    Rectal drugs are medications administered through the rectum, often in the form of creams, lotions, or suppositories. They are best for patients who cannot take oral medications. Suppositories are the most common form and are conical or cylindrical solids that melt at body temperature for drug release.

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    Rectal Drugs

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    Rectal drugs are medications administered through the rectum, often in the form of creams, lotions, or suppositories. They are best for patients who cannot take oral medications. Suppositories are the most common form and are conical or cylindrical solids that melt at body temperature for drug release.

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    Rectal drugs are medications administered through the rectum, often in the form of creams, lotions, or suppositories. They are best for patients who cannot take oral medications. Suppositories are the most common form and are conical or cylindrical solids that melt at body temperature for drug release.

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    Rectal Drugs

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    Rectal drugs are medications administered through the rectum, often in the form of creams, lotions, or suppositories. They are best for patients who cannot take oral medications. Suppositories are the most common form and are conical or cylindrical solids that melt at body temperature for drug release.

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    RECTAL DRUGS

    Rectal drugs are medications


    prepared specifically for
    insertion into the rectum. They
    could be in the form of cream,
    lotion, or ointment.
    Administering the drugs
    rectally is best for patients who
    cannot take drugs orally.
    Interpret Rectal Drug Labels
    • identify the drug name /
    generic name
    • check for the dose strength
    • expiration date
    Types of Rectal Drugs
    1. Enema - the injection of liquid
    into the rectum through the anus for
    cleansing, for stimulating evacuation
    of the bowels, or for other
    therapeutic or diagnostic purposes
    2. Suppository - a small piece
    of medicated substance,
    usually conical, ovoid, or
    cylindrical, introduced into a
    body passage, as the rectum or
    vagina, where body heat
    • Suppository is considered to
    be the most used form of
    rectal medicine.
    Dosage Calculation for
    Rectal Drugs
    • Calculate for a suppository
    dosage supposing a patient
    needs 250 mg of a suppository
    and the package label says 125
    mg.
    Example 2:
    • A doctor asked the nurse to give
    the patient 20 mg of suppository.
    The suppositories on the shelf show
    10 mg each. How many pieces of
    suppository should you give to the
    patient?
    Compute the rectal drug dosage of the
    following
    1. Peter needs 30 mg of suppository, the
    suppositories shelf shows 6 mg each. How
    many suppositories did Peter need?

    2. Calculate for the suppository dosage if


    the patient needs 1000mg of suppository
    and the package label says it has 250 mg
    in one suppository.
    TRUE or FALSE
    ___1. Rectal drugs are in the form of capsules or
    tablets.
    ___2. Rectal drugs are administered to the patients
    who cannot take drugs orally.
    ___3. Suppository is the injection of liquid into
    the rectum through the anus for cleansing.
    ___4. Enema is a small piece of medicated
    substance.
    ___5. Suppository is considered to be the most
    used form of rectal medicine.
    Assignment :
    Solve for rectal drug dosage

    1. Calculate for a suppository dosage supposing


    a patient needs 2500 mg of a suppository and
    the package label says 250 mg.
    2. A doctor asked the nurse to give the patient
    50 mg of suppository. The suppositories on
    the shelf show 10 mg each. How many pieces
    of suppository should you give to the patient?

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