Routes of administration: Difference between revisions

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Determining an optimal route of administration is highly dependent on the substance consumed, its desired duration and potency and side effects, and one's personal comfort level.
Determining an optimal route of administration is highly dependent on the substance consumed, its desired duration and potency and side effects, and one's personal comfort level.


==Safety precautions for certain substances==
==Safety precautions for substances that affects multiple routes of administration==
 
===NBs===
* [[25I-NBOMe]]: 25I-NBOMe is widely rumored to be orally inactive; however, apparent overdoses have occurred via oral administration.


===Orally inactive tryptamines===
===Orally inactive tryptamines===
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===Oral===
===Oral===
Oral administration is the most common route of administration for most substance classes. This route allows a substance to be absorbed through blood vessels lining the stomach and intestines. The onset is generally slower than other methods of ingestion as it must undergo first-pass metabolism through the liver (may vary greatly between individual substances).<ref name="Ohlsson1980">{{cite journal | vauthors=((Ohlsson, A.)), ((Lindgren, J.-E.)), ((Wahlen, A.)), ((Agurell, S.)), ((Hollister, L. E.)), ((Gillespie, H. K.)) | journal=Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | title=Plasma delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations and clinical effects after oral and intravenous administration and smoking | volume=28 | issue=3 | pages=409–416 | date= September 1980 | url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1038/clpt.1980.181 | issn=0009-9236 | doi=10.1038/clpt.1980.181}}</ref> Additionally, the absorption and overall duration are generally longer as well.  
Oral administration is the most common route of administration for most substance classes. This route allows a substance to be absorbed through blood vessels lining the stomach and intestines. The onset is generally slower than other methods of ingestion as it must undergo first-pass metabolism through the liver (may vary greatly between individual substances).<ref name="Ohlsson1980">{{cite journal | vauthors=((Ohlsson, A.)), ((Lindgren, J.-E.)), ((Wahlen, A.)), ((Agurell, S.)), ((Hollister, L. E.)), ((Gillespie, H. K.)) | journal=Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | title=Plasma delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentrations and clinical effects after oral and intravenous administration and smoking | volume=28 | issue=3 | pages=409–416 | date= September 1980 | url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1038/clpt.1980.181 | issn=0009-9236 | doi=10.1038/clpt.1980.181}}</ref> Additionally, the absorption and overall duration are generally longer as well.


====Risks====
====Risks====
This method can also have a greater propensity for [[nausea]] and gastrointestinal discomfort.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Niv, D.)), ((Davidovich, S.)), ((Geller, E.)), ((Urca, G.)) | journal=Anesthesia and Analgesia | title=Analgesic and hyperalgesic effects of midazolam: dependence on route of administration | volume=67 | issue=12 | pages=1169–1173 | date= December 1988 | issn=0003-2999}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Porter, W. R.)) | title=Intraoral methods of using benzodiazepines | url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4229447/en}}</ref>
This method can also have a greater propensity for [[nausea]] and gastrointestinal discomfort.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors=((Niv, D.)), ((Davidovich, S.)), ((Geller, E.)), ((Urca, G.)) | journal=Anesthesia and Analgesia | title=Analgesic and hyperalgesic effects of midazolam: dependence on route of administration | volume=67 | issue=12 | pages=1169–1173 | date= December 1988 | issn=0003-2999}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | vauthors=((Porter, W. R.)) | title=Intraoral methods of using benzodiazepines | url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4229447/en}}</ref>
[[25I-NBOMe]] is widely rumored to be orally inactive; however, apparent overdoses have occurred via oral administration.


===Sublingual===
===Sublingual===