What's the difference between pessaries and suppository?

Pessaries


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Pessary

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The substance benzalconium chloride (BZC) was contained in vaginal sponges (n = 46), pessaries (n = 4) and cream (n = 6) at a dose rate of 1.18%.
  • (2) Gemeprost 1 mg vaginal pessaries were inserted at 3 hr intervals for a maximum of 5 doses.
  • (3) It is concluded that PGE2 vaginal tablets--a chemically stable alternative to pharmacy prepared pessaries--appear to be effective as regards cervical ripening as well as for labor induction.
  • (4) Each ewe was inseminated in the uterus with fresh semen 24 h after pessary withdrawal.
  • (5) All 50 women who received gemeprost vaginal pessaries every 3 hours aborted within 48 hours, while 10% who received them every 6 hours did not abort.
  • (6) Of the potentially useful compounds, only derivatives of prostaglandins E and F administered by vaginal pessary have so far been shown to be effective.
  • (7) A single course of 4 x 1 mg gemeprost pessaries was administered every six hours.
  • (8) This double-blind study is concerned with the efficacy and safety of a new prostaglandin E1-analogue (16,16'-dimethyl-trans-delta 2PGE1-methylester) (Gemeprost) (ONO-802), which was administered as a single 1 mg vaginal pessary three hours prior to legal abortion.
  • (9) Both groups showed a rise in plasma PGE2 levels in keeping with the release profiles of the pessaries.
  • (10) Moreover, women who received RU-486 required significantly fewer gemeprost pessaries (median of 3) than controls (median of 5); the former women also required significantly less analgesia.
  • (11) In a randomized, double-blind clinical trial from general practice, 500 mg metronidazole pessaries applied once daily for seven days were compared with placebo in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis.
  • (12) These results suggest that in many women the number of pessaries used to induce mid-trimester abortion could be reduced by lengthening the interval between insertion of pessaries within the first 24 h, without loss of clinical efficacy.
  • (13) A questionnaire study was carried out to investigate the needs of women undergoing a medical abortion induced by mifepristone in combination with either gemeprost pessaries or oral misoprostol.
  • (14) This correction is made either by putting a pessary, either by a surgical cure unless the risk should be too important for the patient.
  • (15) The mean (SD) induction-abortion interval (IAI) in the vaginal pessary group of 19.5 (8.4) h was significantly longer than the respective intervals of 14.4 (9.3) and 16.1 (6.8) h in the patients treated extra- or intra-amniotically (P less than 0.001).
  • (16) In order to define the patterns of TSH, T4, T3, rT3, GH and cortisol during the estrous cycle of sheep, pluriparous and primiparous ewes were synchronized with progestagen-impregnated pessaries (Veramix) at the start of the normal breeding season.
  • (17) In a prospective randomized trial of 106 patients who had spontaneously ruptured their membranes greater than or equal to 4 hours in the absence of labour, vaginal prostaglandin E2 pessaries and intravenous Syntocinon were compared.
  • (18) One hundred fourteen women received a placebo pessary and 101 received the hydrogel pessary, containing 10 mg of prostaglandin (PG) E2.
  • (19) Though isoconazole was formulated for single dose usage, econazole was formulated for a regimen of one pessary a night for three nights.
  • (20) After insertion of the pessary, 44 women received an oral analgesic drug and 9 an intramuscular opioid.

Suppository


Definition:

  • (n.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
  • (2) The in vitro and in vivo results show that the release of indomethacin from fatty-base suppositories stored at a high temperature is less than the release from those stored at a low temperature.
  • (3) After liberation of 5-ASA in the terminal ileum (only slow release oral preparations of 5-ASA) and colon (5-ASA suppositories and enemas), 5-ASA is only partly absorbed.
  • (4) Rectal suppository is a well-known form of medication and its use is increasing.
  • (5) The administration of PGE2 vaginal suppositories offers an effective and safe technique for the induction of labor in patients with IUFD.
  • (6) The absorption times of the two drugs from suppositories with cocoa butter and Witepsol H 15 were relatively short.
  • (7) In vitro release of benzocaine from some commercially available suppositories was compared with experimental preparations.
  • (8) The adsorption in humans of nitrofurantoin from seven suppository bases was studied using urinary excretion measurements.
  • (9) The results show that both hydrocortisone (H) and prednisolone-21-hexanoate (P) are rapidly (tmax = 2-3 h) and significantly (H: 60-78%, P: 47-58%) absorbed from suppositories and thus can also cause systemic effects.
  • (10) Three cases of adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus and cardia which is considered to be difficult to control by radiotherapy alone, were given radical irradiation combined with FT-207 suppository.
  • (11) In volunteers the activity of various doses of a nasal spray and of a suppository of salmon calcitonin was compared to a placebo and to the parenteral route of administration.
  • (12) When vomiting occurs early in the attack, treatment is best given by suppository, inhalation or intramuscular injection.
  • (13) Primary eye irritation of MCG suppository of CMZ was studied in rabbits.
  • (14) Treatment consisted of daily intravaginal application of one of the following regimens: 80-mg terconazole suppositories for 3 days, miconazole nitrate suppositories for 7 days or placebo suppositories for 7 days.
  • (15) Further studies in pregnant women showed that PGE2 administered in special vaginal suppositories resulted in: 1) 1 case at the 23rd week of pregnancy, the expulsion of the dead fetus by inserting 2 suppositories (4 mg PGE2 each) with the induction delivery time of 2 hours 20 minutes, and 2) one case in which the expulsion occurred after 1 suppository with an induction delivery time of 4 hours 30 minutes.
  • (16) We were enlightened by this therapeutic experience, so we attempted combination therapy using pepleomycin suppositories to supplement intra-cavitary irradiation, for the 11 selected patients who were suffering from uterine fluor.
  • (17) Oral administration gave higher values for mean residence time (MRT) and absolute bioavailability (F) compared to suppository dosage forms.
  • (18) 1 group (non-diaphragm) had a 20 mg. suppository inserted every 4 hours high in the vaginal fornix.
  • (19) Patients were divided into three treatment groups: one group received the drug intravenously, another as suppositories and the third one by both routes.
  • (20) The women were all 9 weeks pregnant, and received 600 mg RU-38486 orally at 10.30 hr, followed 48 hours later by a vaginal suppository containing 1 mg 16,16- dimethyl-trans-2-PGE1 (Gemeprost, May and Baker).

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