KRS Website: Drug Information: Drug Administration Tips

Alberta Health Services

Alternative Routes of Administration for Medications
Compilation of monographs with Alternative Administration for Medications information (tablet crushing, feeding tube administration, rectal, vaginal and other parenteral routes of administration). Contains instructions on crushing hazardous medications in a closed system.
Medication Patches - MRI and Partial Dose
Created by Drug Information
Oral/Enteral Administration of Partial Nifedipine Doses from Capsules
Province wide syringe procedure - Updated November 2023

Giving Meds by Alternative Routes
Pharmacist’s Letter Canada. February 2020.
Meds That Should Not Be Crushed
Pharmacist’s Letter Canada. January 2020
Oral antiretroviral administration: Information on crushing and liquid drug formulations
AHS Northern Alberta Program and UHN Toronto General HIV clinic - updated in 2020

Drug Product Database This link opens in a new window
DPD is a comprehensive Health Canada database containing complete Canadian product monographs.
CPS/Therapeutic Choices This link opens in a new window
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Look under Tools header: Clin-Info: Drug Administration & Food. Contains drug-food interaction and Do Not Crush or Chew information. May also contain administration information in monographs.

What injections can be given orally or via enteral feeding tubes?
Prepared by NHS UK Medicines Information (UKMI). Guidance may not apply to products available in Canada. Scroll down to attachments section for latest version.

A.S.P.E.N. Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration (2019) by Boullata
An essential resource for all clinicians involved with patients requiring tube feeding. Includes more than 160 individual drug monographs and is the only US book to date specifically targeting medication delivery via feeding tubes. With the ongoing ENFit® transition, all care providers need to know how to give medications via feeding tubes.