Because it is very cheap compared to other anaesthetic drugs and can be administered in many different ways, ketamine has become the preferred anaesthetic agent in low and middle income countries (LMICs).
In contrast, influenza vaccine is administered in many locales where a physician is not even present.
Although anticancer drugs are widely used for cancer therapy, a sufficient quantity of the drug for treatment cannot be administered in many cases due to severe side effects.
Tetracycline, dox, tamoxifen and so on can be administered in many ways (in drinking water, food, by injections, and so on) and a wide variety of dosages can be used.
Simple bolus chemotherapy may be administered in 30 min, but many drugs take longer time.
Fish oil can be administered in pharmaceutical form for many different therapeutic purposes such as chronic inflammatory diseases [ 2– 4], treatment of hyperlipidaemia [ 5], and after myocardial infarction [ 6].
Arguments of those in the latter group included many that are relevant today: If capital punishment is administered in private, how will we know how many executions are botched?
In the United States, more than 14 million units of packed red blood cells (RBCs) are administered annually, many of which are administered in the ICU [9].
In the United States, more than 14 million units of packed red blood cells (RBCs) are administered annually, many of which are administered in the ICU [ 9].
Many invasive therapies are administered in nursing homes and rehabilitation hospitals, and minor surgery is frequently performed in outpatient centres.
