Dosage Form Design Flashcards
Study on the formulation, manufacturing, stability, and effectiveness of pharmaceutical dosage forms
Pharmaceutics
Other term for pharmaceutical ingredients
Excipients
Used to protect the drug substance from the destructive influences of atmospheric oxygen or humidity
Coated tablets
Used to protect the drug substance from the destructive influence of gastric acid after oral administration
Enteric-coated
Used to conceal the bitter, salty, or offensive taste or odor of a drug substance
Capsules, Flavored syrups
Used to provide liquid preparations of substances that are either insoluble or unstable in the desired vehicle
Suspension
Used to provide clear liquid dosage forms of substances
Syrups, Solutions
Used to provide rate-controlled drug action
Controlled-release tablets
Used to provide optimal drug action from topical administration sites
Ointment, Creams, Transdermal patches
Used to provide for insertion of a drug into one of the body’s orfices
Suppositories
Used to provide placement of drugs directly in the bloodstream or body tissues
Injections
Used to provide for optimal drug action through inhalation therapy
Inhalants, Inhalation aerosols
Formulation that best meets the goals of the product
Master formula
Defines the nature of the drug substance
Preformulation studies
Includes physical description, chemical properties, and purity of the chemical substance
Physical description
Done for the indication of particle size and size range of the raw material along with the crystal structure
Microscopic examination
Determines the purity of the substance
Melting point depression
Determines existence and extent of the presence of solid and liquid phases in binary, ternary, and other mixtures
Phase rule
Affects physical-chemical properties of drug susbtances
Particle size
Where substances can exist in more than one crystalline form
Polymorphism
Is determined by the equilibrium solubility method
Solubility
Time for the drug to dissolve in the fluids at the absorption site
Dissolution rate
Determines degree and rate of passage of drug through the membrane sac
Membrane permeability
Is a measure of a molecule’s lipophilic character; that is the preference for the hydrophilic or lipophilic phase
Partition coefficient
Extent of ionization of drug (strong effect on formulation and pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug)
pKa/Dissociation constants
Extent that a product retains within specified limits and through its period of storage and use
Stability
Destructive process where drug molecules interact with water molecule to yield breakdown product
Hydrolysis/Solvolysis
Destructive process which involves the loss of electrons from an atom or molecule
Oxidation
Stability in which the active ingredient retains chemical integrity and labeled potency within the specified limits
Chemical stability
Stability in which the original physical properties, appearance, palatability, uniformity, dissolution, and suspendability are retained
Physical stability
Stability which involves the sterility/resistance to microbial growth
Microbiologic stability
Stability where the therapeutic effect remains unchanged
Therapeutic stability
Stability where no significant increase in toxicity occurs
Toxicologic
Description of the drug concentration with respect to time
Rate reactions
Estimate the shelf life of a product that has been stored or to be stored under a different set of conditions
Q10 method
Catalyst to oxidation reactions
Light
Use of exaggerated conditions of temperature, humidity, light, and others
Accelerated stability testing
Determines the most stable of the proposed formulations for a drug product
Short term accelerated studies
Testing where temperature elevations in 10° increments higher than used in accelerated studies
Stress testing
The product is subjected to different climatic zones nationally and internationally
Long term stability studies
Holds the article and is or may be in direct contact with the article
Container
It is in direct contact with the article at all times
Immediate container
Part of the container
Closure