Dosage Forms Flashcards
Clear, sweetened or flavored hydroalcoholic solutions intended for oral use
Elixir
Example of elixir
Dimetapp
Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solutions
prepared from vegetable materials or
chemical substances
Tincture
What do you call the opium tincture?
Laudanum
Hydroalcoholic extracts of vegetable drugs
Fluidextracts
Hydroalcoholic solutions of volatile oils
Spirit
Used as a respiratory stimulant
Aromatic Ammonia Spirit
Movement of the components of the
container into the solution
Leaching
Movement of drug molecules to the container
Sorption
Clear, saturated aqueous solutions of volatile oils or other aromatic substances
Aromatic Water
Medicated Water
Aqueous solution prepared by diluting a concentrated acid with purified water
Diluted Acid
Percent (w/v) of Diluted Acetic Acid
6%
Examples of Enema
Fleet Enema
Sodium Phosphates
Corticosteroids
Concentrated aqueous solutions of sugar or sugar substitute with or without flavoring agents and medicinal substances
Sugars
For allergic rhinitis
Diphenhydramine
Viscous oral liquid that contains one or more active ingredients dissolved in a suitable base that generally contains a higher concentration of sugar
Linctus
Indicated for coughs and cold
Linctus
Thick liquid preparations somewhat allied to syrups but uses honey as base
Honeys
Thick, viscid, adhesive liquid
Mucilage
Used as suspending agent
Mucilage
How are drugs classified?
chemical activity
conditions that they treat
What is analgesic?
Drugs that relieve pain