Question

What is a disadvantage to the oral route for medication administration? A. Oral medications are difficult to administer. B. Oral medications are usually rather expensive. C. The medication must be absolutely sterile before it's administered. D. The medication has a slower onset of action.

Answer 1

D. The medication has a slower onset of action

Answer 2

The answer is D. The medication has a slower onset of action.

Due to drug to drug and drug to food interactions oral medications is usually delayed as compared to other drug routes. Another is the delivery of drug inside the body most of the time incomplete and is dependent on how compliant is the patient.