Question

Intramuscular drug absorption is faster than intravascular.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in a national level competition.

This question is from Drugs Absorption from Non Oral Extravascular Sites in portion Absorption of Drugs of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

To explain: Absorption of the drug from intramuscular is fast. But it relatively slower than intravascular injections. Since intravascular is given directly to the veins the bioavailability is huge.