why is medication taken in different ways?

Answer 1

Gosh that's a broad question. I suppose if you're asking why it's administered differently, there are many reasons for that. Oral administration is only appropriate if a person can swallow and if the time between taking the medication and it becoming active in your system is acceptable. Intramuscular and intravenous administration is often more efficient and quicker (although notably intramuscular administration of benzodiazepines is notoriously unreliable) and is the only appropriate method if someone is unconscious, has no access to their gastrointestinal tract or is severely ill. Some medications can be taken in different ways (eg morphine) and some simply can't (eg insulin can't be given orally).

In terms of different uses for different medications (such as some antipsychotics which can be used as anxiolytics at very low doses but antipsychotics at high doses), I suppose that varied use of medications has always occurred when a medication has had more than one use (for example, aspirin used to be used for headache and is now used for cardiovascular adverse event prevention).

Answer 2

Medication can be taken in many different ways to cater for everyone who needs to use it. Babies and very small children are unable to swallow tablets therefore liquid medication is ideal for these people. Some people may be able to use all types of medication but a particular form or brand gives them optimum results

Answer 3

Some medicines are given in IV (intravenous) to get quicker results to take care of a problem. An example of this can be with pain meds.

Antibiotics is another one that can be given either thru IV or thru injection for the same reason instead of taking it orally which can take longer to notice a result.

It just depends on the kind of medication that is being given as well as the particular problem being treated.

Answer 4

its taken a diffrent way to get a diffrent or better effect

Answer 5

Have you ever try-ed chewing a suppository?

Answer 6

DOH
DIFFERENT EFFECTS

Its like saying why can't you smoke acid?

or sniff pills---