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Abstract
Medicated dosage forms that are designed to be inserted into the rectal, vaginal, or urethral orifice of the body for absorption. Generally, the active ingredients are packaged in dosage forms containing fatty bases such as cocoa butter, hydrogenated oil, or glycerogelatin that are solid at room temperature but melt or dissolve at body temperature.
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6 entry terms
- Rectal Suppositories
- Vaginal Suppositories
- Vaginal Suppository
- Suppositories, Rectal
- Suppositories, Vaginal
- Suppository, Vaginal
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18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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IM GEN only; coord NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Suppositories. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013488. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013488
- Suppositories. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppository
- Suppositories. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180799