Is rectal medication okay for children?

The rectal method of drug administration is actually to put the medicine into the anus, and then the medicine will be directly absorbed by the rectum, which is still good in terms of drug efficacy. It is not a bad idea to use rectal medication for children. It is best to follow the doctor's advice and choose a more appropriate treatment method.

1. Treatment methods

Rectal instillation therapy (Enemadrip) is a prescription prepared based on the child's condition, which is heated to 35℃-40℃ and then introduced into the rectum through a rectal instillation device and retained for 5-10 minutes.

2. Features

1. Rectal medication is convenient and quick, which reduces the psychological burden of parents and reduces the pain of children.

2. Practice in recent years has shown that there is no significant difference in the efficacy and speed of effect between rectal administration and intravenous administration, and the bioavailability of rectal administration is twice that of oral administration.

3. Rectal administration allows the simultaneous use of Chinese and Western medicines, which not only enhances the therapeutic effect but also avoids the side effects caused by the simultaneous use of multiple Western medicines.

3. Advantages

1. Intestinal administration is simple, easy, safe and effective, and improves compliance with administration;

2. Reduce the time of injections and hospitalization, saving limited health resources;

3. Rectal administration can "reduce the pain of injections and avoid the pain of taking medicine." It is convenient for administering medicine to infants and young children who are not easy to accept injection and oral administration.

4. Rectal medication is absorbed irregularly, and the medication is more effective when the rectum is empty (just after defecation); children with diarrhea must replenish the amount of fluid for rectal medication to be more effective.