<Ul> <Li> epicutaneous (application onto the skin). It can be used both for local effect as in allergy testing and typical local anesthesia, as well as systemic effects when the active substance diffuses through skin in a transdermal route . </Li> <Li> sublingual and buccal medication administration is a way of giving someone medicine orally (by mouth). Sublingual administration is when medication is placed under the tongue to be absorbed by the body . The word "sublingual" means "under the tongue ." Buccal administration involves placement of the drug between the gums and the cheek . These medications can come in the form of tablets, films, or sprays . Many drugs are designed for sublingual administration, including cardiovascular drugs, steroids, barbiturates, opioid analgesics with poor gastrointestinal bioavailability, enzymes and, increasingly, vitamins and minerals . </Li> <Li> extra-amniotic administration, between the endometrium and fetal membranes </Li> <Li> nasal administration (through the nose) can be used for topically acting substances, as well as for insufflation of e.g. decongestant nasal sprays to be taken up along the respiratory tract . Such substances are also called inhalational, e.g. inhalational anesthetics . </Li> <Li> intra-arterial (into an artery), e.g. vasodilator drugs in the treatment of vasospasm and thrombolytic drugs for treatment of embolism </Li> <Li> intra-articular, into a joint space . Used in treating osteoarthritis </Li> <Li> intracardiac (into the heart), e.g. adrenaline during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (no longer commonly performed) </Li> <Li> intracavernous injection, an injection into the base of the penis </Li> <Li> intradermal, (into the skin itself) is used for skin testing some allergens, and also for mantoux test for tuberculosis </Li> <Li> intralesional (into a skin lesion), is used for local skin lesions, e.g. acne medication </Li> <Li> intramuscular (into a muscle), e.g. many vaccines, antibiotics, and long - term psychoactive agents . Recreationally the colloquial term' muscling' is used . </Li> </Ul> <Li> epicutaneous (application onto the skin). It can be used both for local effect as in allergy testing and typical local anesthesia, as well as systemic effects when the active substance diffuses through skin in a transdermal route . </Li> <Li> sublingual and buccal medication administration is a way of giving someone medicine orally (by mouth). Sublingual administration is when medication is placed under the tongue to be absorbed by the body . The word "sublingual" means "under the tongue ." Buccal administration involves placement of the drug between the gums and the cheek . These medications can come in the form of tablets, films, or sprays . Many drugs are designed for sublingual administration, including cardiovascular drugs, steroids, barbiturates, opioid analgesics with poor gastrointestinal bioavailability, enzymes and, increasingly, vitamins and minerals . </Li> <Li> extra-amniotic administration, between the endometrium and fetal membranes </Li>

The abbreviation inh indicates what route of drug administration