The present invention provides a solid form dose of medication for delivery within the body of a patient having a first end and a second opposite end, the dose of medication comprising at least one drug for the treatment of a disease or condition, wherein the dose of medication has a shape and material properties configured to be: (i) be stored in a sealed packaging container contained within a housing implanted within the patients body for an extended period without substantial degradation or deleterious effect to the medication, (ii) advanced out of the packaging container by being pushed on one end of the solid form medication dose by an advancement member such that the opposite end of the solid form dose punctures out of the sealed packaging container, (iii) delivered to a delivery site and (iv) dissolve in tissue fluids at the delivery site to produce a therapeutic effect at a target tissue site to treat the disease or condition.
