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Intravascular routes
Intravascular administration can be intravenous or intra-arterial.
Important features of the intravascular route of drug administration
1. There is no absorption phase.
2. There is an immediate onset of action.
3. The entire administered dose is available to produce pharmacological
effects.
A typical plasma concentration versus time plot (rectilinear paper) following the administration of
a drug by an intravascular route.
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