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Vaginal Suppository
Do vaginal suppository enter blood stream ?? Or vaginal suppository are just like ointment and just stay on surface of vagina ?
Please note : This is a general question as i have veen prescribed for vaginal suppository for infection. I just want to know if vaginal suppository enters blood stream (just like oral antibiotics or any tablet enters blood stream)
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The drugs administered through the vaginal route do get absorbed but in a limited way . A very small amount is absorbed because vaginal mucosa is not as good an absorptive surface as the mouth or rectum.
So drugs administered vaginally act on vagina and few nearby surrounding structures.
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Medicine I.e. content of the drug gets absorbed by vaginal mucosa. It acts on peri vaginal region. Amount if it to enter in blood stream is very less, after passing mucosa barrier
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Dr.Prajakta Mahajan
Fertiflix Women's Clinic Pune
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