Oral medications are swallowed, chewed, or placed under your tongue to dissolve. Medications that you swallow travel from your stomach or intestine into your bloodstream and then are carried to all parts of your body. This process is known as **absorption**.

When you take a medication orally, it goes through your digestive system and is absorbed into your bloodstream through the walls of your stomach or small intestine. The medication then travels throughout your body, including to the site where it’s needed.

In contrast, vaccines are injected into muscle tissue or under the skin, which allows them to be absorbed directly into the bloodstream.
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