drug patch
- Guideline or reference source
- SNMDCT SNOMED CT dosage forms
- Definition
- A drug delivery system that often contains an adhesive backing that is usually applied to an external site on the body. Its ingredients either passively diffuse from, or are actively transported from, some portion of the patch. Depending upon the patch, the ingredients are either delivered to the outer surface of the body or into the body. A patch is sometimes synonymous with the terms ‘extended release film’ and ‘system’.
- Narrower Term
- extended-release patch
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