Dosage Forms Of Drugs And Drug administration Flashcards
Any preparation with one more substances dissolved in liquid solvent.
Solutions
Examples of Solutions.
Topical
Parenteral
Ophthalmic solutions
Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solutions of drugs made by extraction of crude drugs, solution of chemicals or dilution of fluid extract.
Tinctures
Example of tinctures
Tincture of Iodine
Are liquid preparations where the solute is not dissolved in the vehicle but is suspended throughout the vehicle by the use of suspending agent.
Suspensions
Differences between solutions and suspensions.
Preparations.
Can be solutions, suspensions or emulsions and are nearly always applied topically to the skin and occasionally to the eye.
Lotions
Hastens its drying and cooling effect
Alcohol
Keeps the skin moist for a considerable time
Glycerin
An oily or greasy solution mixtures or various substances intended for external applications.
Liniments
Liquid preparations intended for application to the skin of mucus surfaces possessing antiseptic, astringent, caustic or analgesic properties.
Paints
Preparations intended for dilution with water to make an insecticidal wash in which animals may be completely immersed in order to kill ectoparasites or to prevent reinfestation.
Dips
Suspensions of powder dispersed in water and administered orally
Drenches
Example of Drenches
Phenothiazine Drench
Dispersion of liquid droplets in a second immiscible liquid brought about by adding an emulsifying agent.
Emulsions
Example of Emulsions
Soaps
Cholesterol egg yolk
Solutions carrying medicament intended for ophthalmic or otic administration
Drops
Are usually topically applied aerosols elsewhere the medicament is force out with a propellant mixture of gases.
Sprays
Usually sterile suspensions in fluid or semi fluid vehicle.
Intramammary injections
Are semi-solid emulsions of polyethylene glycol a, water miscible and are indicated on weeping lesions
Cream
Sterile pharmaceutical liquids or suspensions intended for parenteral administration by various routes
Injections