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Grade Upto college level Physical Chemistry

Drugs which are proteins such as insulin cannot be taken by mouth but must be injected. Why?

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12 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
If drugs which are protein like insulin are taken orally, they would get digested in our digestive system and broken down into amino acids, before they reach to the blood. So they need to be directly injected into the blood