Dose Form Administration Method

This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.

Overview

The dose form administration method represents a general type of method of administration (e.g. apply, chew, spray, swallow) that a dose form is designed to be administered by (e.g. a chewable tablet is formulated to be administered by chewing). To support fully defining concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy, a hierarchy representing dose form administration method is required.

Concepts in the 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy will be used to model concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy; they will not be used to model concepts in the 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchy.

The 736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)| hierarchy is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value)|.

Modeling

Parent concept	736665006 |Dose form administration method (administration method)
Semantic tag	(administration method)
Definition status	Defined
Attributes	None

Naming

FSN

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the administration method and is in the form of an imperative:

X (administration method)

For example,

• Administer (administration method)

• Apply (administration method)

• Instill (administration method)

• Spray (administration method)

• Swallow (administration method)

Preferred Term

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the administration method:

X

For example,

• Administer

• Apply

• Instill

• Spray

• Swallow

Synonym

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Text Definitions

Preferred; not required.

Exemplars

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