However, some drugs can not be used enterally because their absorption in the digestive tract is low or unpredictable.

Later studies showed that neomycin was indeed absorbed enterally, with resultant complications.

Reduce risk of infection (if given enterally).

The effects of psyllium hydrophilic mucilloid on diarrhea in enterally fed patients.

The metabolic effects of enterally administered ribonucleic acids.

Certain types of medications can only be given intravenously, such as when there is insufficient uptake by other routes of administration such as enterally.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of adsorbents, administered enterally, to reduce systemic endotoxaemia in a hapten induced model of colitis.

Nolan and Ali recognised the possible contribution of luminal bacterial endotoxins to the activity of inflammatory bowel disease and suggested that luminal endotoxins could be inactivated by an enterally administered non-specific binding agent.

Definitive treatment of hyperkalemia requires actual excretion of potassium, either through urine (which can be facilitated by administration of loop diuretics such as furosemide) or in the stool (which is accomplished by giving sodium polystyrene sulfonate enterally, where it will bind potassium in the GI tract.)