Taber's Medical Dictionary: Suppository

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Suppository:</span></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">(sŭ-pŏz′ĭ-tō-rē)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">A suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina (vaginal suppository) or urethra (urethral suppository), where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed into the blood stream. They are used to deliver both systemically and locally acting medications.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">pl. suppositories [L. suppositorium, something placed underneath] </span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">A semisolid substance for introduction into the rectum, vagina, or urethra, where it dissolves. It may be used to stimulate a bowel movement, but often serves as a vehicle for medicines to be absorbed. It is commonly shaped like a cylinder or cone and may be made of soap, glycerinated gelatin, or cocoa butter (oil of theobroma).</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> <br /> <div style="color: magenta; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Composition :</b></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: red;">Several different options are used to form the base of a suppository: cocoa butter or a similar substitute, polyethylene glycol, hydrogels and glycerinated gelatin. The ideal type of material to use depends on the type of suppository, the type of drug and the conditions in which the suppository will be stored.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b style="text-align: start;"></b><br /> <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue;">PATIENT CARE</span></b></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"> </b> </div> <div style="color: magenta; text-align: justify;"> <span style="text-align: start;">Privacy is provided. The nurse instructs the patient to retain the suppository for about 20 min for effectiveness as a laxative, and for as long as possible (until it dissolves and medication is absorbed) when it is a vehicle, and positions the patient appropriately. The suppository is lubricated and inserted into the appropriate orifice. For neurological rehabilitation, a rectal suppository may be used by the patient after instruction in bowel management. The nurse checks with the patient about effectiveness and notes that in the chart.</span></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"> </b> </div> <div style="color: magenta; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><br /></b></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Rectal suppositories:</span></b></div> <div> <span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: orange;">In 1991, Abd-El-Maeboud and his colleagues published a study on suppository insertion in The Lancet,explaining that the "torpedo" shape, when introduced to the patient blunt end first, helps the device to travel internally, increasing its efficacy. The findings of this single study have been challenged as insufficient evidence on which to base clinical practice.</span></span></div> <div style="color: magenta;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><br /></b></div> <div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Urethral suppositories:</span></b></div> <div> <span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue;">Alprostadil pellets are urethral suppositories used for the treatment of severe erectile dysfunction. They are marketed under the name Muse in the United States.Its use has diminished since the development of oral impotence medications.</span></span></div> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66l5PX6kcUgpfPR3F-ygx99fcfcPtJoE22vQsrmYLHF8aJzlat70DuqYDvZpWVwFIHHb9IfBrr8oTP3EBjGtl7d8eASRj7PU2BrdeW41tzUPPEvbKPSxgJo2mAqGElD3NCWtti3hW1afa/s1600/800px-Glycerin_suppositories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66l5PX6kcUgpfPR3F-ygx99fcfcPtJoE22vQsrmYLHF8aJzlat70DuqYDvZpWVwFIHHb9IfBrr8oTP3EBjGtl7d8eASRj7PU2BrdeW41tzUPPEvbKPSxgJo2mAqGElD3NCWtti3hW1afa/s320/800px-Glycerin_suppositories.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Glycerin suppositories (laxative)</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><br /></b></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAYdiRI3P9LFzfiCRY5iBBokowG-m-56g0LYQaC_tLQcoQ0hHj_2F8YmDAbeemuSu_Hd0I5Jlzfy46G2gC5cAwUmCQP9htHAyInkyCbzBfB7Yg6c2HEckjLRk4hi7GyO4gBJ1BCADdsIB/s1600/Panadol_suppositories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAYdiRI3P9LFzfiCRY5iBBokowG-m-56g0LYQaC_tLQcoQ0hHj_2F8YmDAbeemuSu_Hd0I5Jlzfy46G2gC5cAwUmCQP9htHAyInkyCbzBfB7Yg6c2HEckjLRk4hi7GyO4gBJ1BCADdsIB/s320/Panadol_suppositories.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.3704px; line-height: 17.3186px;"><b>             Four 500 mg paracetamol suppositories</b></span></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></b></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span></b></div> </div> <b style="font-weight: bold;"> </b><div style="font-weight: bold;"> </div> </div> </span></div> </div>

Suppository: (sŭ-pŏz′ĭ-tō-rē) A suppository is a drug delivery system that is inserted into the rectum (rectal suppository), vagina ...

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