Drug forms Flashcards
1
Q
Drugs shaped spherical to be swallowed
A
Pill
2
Q
Powders compressed into disc-like
A
Tablet
3
Q
Drugs mixed with a waxlike base that melts at body
A
Suppositories
3
Q
Gelatin containers filled with powders or tiny pills
A
Capsule
4
Q
Water or oil based
A
Solutions
5
Q
Preparations in which the solid does not dissolve in the solvent
A
Suspensions
5
Q
Prepared using alcohol extraction
A
Tinctures
6
Q
Suspensions with an oily substance in the solvent
A
Emulsions
7
Q
Solution of a volatile drug in alcohol
A
Spirits
8
Q
Alcohol and water solvent often with flavouring
A
Elixirs
8
Q
Sugar, water, and drug solutions
A
Syrups