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I'm sure you have examples of that;
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topical ointments like antibacterial cream
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you might put on something if you have a cut
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and you want to keep it from being infected.
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You don't take antibiotics by mouth and have them all over your body,
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you put a little topical treatment on the site
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because you're targeting the drug to the site that you need.
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On the next slide there's some other more
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uncommon modes of administration,
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rectal, transdermal, vaginal.
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We won't talk very much about those,
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and next week we'll talk about special kinds of drug delivery systems