Sublingual administration involves placing a drug under your tongue to dissolve and absorb into your blood through the tissue there. Buccal administration involves placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood.

What instructions should you give to a patient who is taking a sublingual medication and buccal medication?

Sublingually: Place medication under patient's tongue and allow to dissolve completely. Ensure patient avoids swallowing the medication. Buccal: place medication in mouth and against inner cheek and gums and allow to dissolve completely.

Where should the sublingual medication be placed?

Sublingual medications are placed under the tongue. They dissolve there, and their active ingredients are quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. There are tablets, spray, and film sublinguals. Administration through direct absorption into the mouth provides an advantage to medications you swallow.