Dosage Forms: Suppositories

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DOCUMENT OVERVIEW

Suppositories

 Derived from the Latin term supponere, meaning “to place under”.

 SUB – under ; PONERE – to place

 Are solid dosage forms intended for insertion into body orifices where they melt, soften, or dissolved and exert localized or systemic effects.