Excipients for Powder Mixtures Flashcards
What excipients are used for delivery?
Solvent
Co-solvent
Disintegrant
What excipients are used for acceptability?
Colour
Falvourant
What excipients are used for stability?
Antioxidant
Preservative
Suspending agents
What excipients are used for handling (+ vol)?
Filer/diluent
Glidant
Lubricant
What must excipient properties be?
Inert
Safe (non-toxic)
Economical
Quality–assured
What are the excipients for powder mixtures?
Diluent
Binder
Disintegrant
Glidant
Anti-adherent
Lubricant
What are the most common excipients?
Lactose
Starch
Cellulose
Talc
Colloidal silicon dioxide
Magnesium stearate
What are the different types of lactose?
Monohydrate
Anhydrous
Spray-dried
What are the different types of starch?
Natural
Pre-gelatinised
What are the different types of cellulose?
Powdered
Microcrystalline
Describe lactose
H2O soluble
Less sweet than sucrose
What are the 2 isomers of lactose?
α-lactose
β-lactose.
What are the problems with lactose?
Instability with primary amine-containing drugs.
Problematic for lactose-intolerant individuals.
Describe lactose monohydrate
H2O content higher than lactose
Odourless
White
How is lactose monohydrate formed?
Crystallised from supersaturated lactose solutions
Crystal shapes depend on method of precipitation
What is lactose monohydrate widely used as?
Binder with wet granulation in tabletting
OR
Binder for tablets + capsules
What do you not use lactose monohydrate with?
Drugs susceptible to hydrolysis
How is anhydrous lactose produced?
Drying lactose solution, followed by milling + sieving
What is anhydrous lactose used as?
Diluent + binder for tablets + hard-shell capsules
What is anhydrous lactose suitable for?
Moisture-sensitive drugs.
Describe spray-dried lactose
Mixture of α-lactose monohydrate and amorphous lactose
How is spray-dried lactose produced?
Spray-drying lactose solution
Why is it good that spray-dried lactose has spherical particles?
High compactability