Advances during the last decades has led to the recent approval of several oral drugs.
Oral anti-inflammatory drugs require four to six weeks to work.
The usual next step, if necessary, is treatment with oral antidiabetic drugs.
So doctors at first waited and watched, then used an oral anti-cancer drug.
The bill Congress appears likely to pass would provide coverage for all oral anticancer drugs.
But not long after that, if all goes well, new oral drugs could postpone or even prevent the need for some to use insulin.
Medications used to treat skin conditions include topical and oral drugs.
This is the first oral disease-modifying drug for multiple sclerosis.
The risk of esophageal irritation places special requirements on how one takes this oral drug.
They can interfere with the rate of absorption of oral drugs.