DOSAGE FORMS Flashcards
intended to be suspended or dissolved in water or mixed with soft food prior
administration.
Oral Powders
solution in water releases carbon dioxide which makes for the taste of salty or bitter medication.
Effervescent powder
bulk powder generally containing soap or detergent, mild abrasive and anticaries effect.
Dentifrices
dissolved in water prior to use as antiseptic or cleaning agent for a body cavity.
most commonly intended for
vaginal use.
Douche Powders
applied locally to various parts of the body as adsorbents, antiseptics, antipruritic,
astringents and antiperspirants
Dusting powder
- finely divided powders
introduced into the body cavities such as the ears, nose, throat, tooth sockets, and vagina - insufflator (powder blower).
Insufflations
enclosed in a hard or soft, water- soluble container or shell of gelatin.
Capsules
drug substance with or without suitable diluents and are prepared either by compression or molding method.
Tablets
coated with a colored or uncolored sugar layer
Sugar Coated tablet (SCT) –
coated with a thin layer of polymer capable of forming a skin like film.
Film-coated Tablet (FCT)
pass unchanged through the stomach to the intestines
Enteric-coated Tablet (ECT)
- usually prepared to separate physically or chemically incompatible ingredients
- more than one compression cycle
Multiple Compressed Tablet (MCT)
release the drug’s active ingredient gradually over the day
Controlled-release Tablet
(CRT)
gelcap, a capsule shaped compressed tablet that allows the coated product to be about one-third smaller than a capsule
Gelatin-coated tablet
placing the tablet between the
gums and the inner lining of the cheek
Buccal tablets
placing a drug under the
tongue
Sublingual tablets
dissolve generally when added to water.
Effervescent Tablet
smooth disintegration when chewed or allowed to dissolve in the mouth
Chewable tablets
disintegrate and release their medication with no special rate controlling features
Immediate release tablet
very soft, and soluble and are designed for rapid dissolution.
Molded Tablet
- small, cylindrical
tablets - small amounts
of potent drugs
Tablet triturates
compounding tablets, pharmacist used them to compound prescription
Dispensing tablets (DT)
- extemporaneous preparations of parenteral solutions
- No longer available
Hypodermic tablets (HT)
- discoid shaped solid
- in suitable flavored base
- placed in the mouth; slowly
dissolve
Lozenges/ Troches/ Pastilles
- lozenges type of oral solid dosage form
- produces local effect in the
mouth
Lollipops
- small, round, solid dosage form containing medicinal agents
- intended for oral administration
Pills
provide an edible container for the oral administration of solid drugs
Cachets
small, sterile cylinders formed by compression from medicated masses
Pellets
semi solid preparations intended for external application to the skin/mucous membranes
Ointments
viscous liquid or semi solid emulsions of O/W or W/O type
Creams
shaving creams, hand
creams, foundation cream.
O/W type
cold creams and emollient creams
W/O type
- semisolid systems consisting of dispersion
- either small inorganic particles or large organic molecules enclosing and interpenetrated by a liquid
Gels
- (transdermal patches)
- deliver drugs directly through the skin and into the bloodstream
Transdermal preparations
- solid dosage form intended for insertion into body orifices
- (rectum, vagina, or urethra)
Suppositories and Inserts
