Lab 3 Flashcards
Ointment - Definition
Ointments are semi-solid dosage forms able to treat skin and mucosa. They contain the components homogenously dispersed (solved, suspended, emulgeated) in an ointment base.
– Homogenous
– Do not dissolve at body temperature
– Do not contain solid particles
Differents bw. ointments and cream, pasta and gel
-Cream: contains more water, than ointment
-Paste: contains a large proportion of solid powder finely
dispersed (also oral application)
-Gel: Gels consist of liquids gelled by means of suitable gelling agents (also oral application).
Ointment - Usage
– Local administration
– Systemic effect: high lipophilicity or appropriate vehicle (e.g. DMSO)
Ointment - Composition
- Active compounds: antibiotic, antimicotic, antiviral agent, NSAID’s, glucocorticoids, antihistamin, coating, disinfecting agents etc. -Ointment base components: Ingredients without or with low water solubility: * Plant and animal lipids * Hydrocarbons * Waxes & wax alcohols - Water soluble ingredients: *Plants and animal polymers *Synthetic polymers - Hydrophobic ointments - Water-emulsifying ointments - Hydrophilic ointments
Ointment - Examples on plant and animal lipids
- Fats
- Cocoa butter (Fatty bases Theobroma Oil BP)
- Oils (sunflower oils, castor oil, flax oil, cod-liver oil etc.)
- Hydrolysis: glycerol, fatty acids
Ointment - Examples on hydrocarbons
- Soft paraffin
- Liquid paraffin
- Hard paraffin
- Vaseline
Ointment - Examples on waxes & wax alcohols
• Wool wax (adeps lanae) (hydrous wool fat, Lanolin 25% water) Lanalcol, Wool-fat alcohol • Honey bee wax Myristyl alcohol • Sperm Whale wax (Physeter macrocephalus) Cetostearyl alcohol
Ointment - Examples on plants and animal polymers
- Methylcellulose
- Hydroxiaethylcellulose
- Agar
- Gelatine
- Starch: potato, wheat etc.
Ointment - Examples on synthetic polymers
- Macrogols (polyoxyethylenes)
* Polysorbates (Tweens)
Ointment - hydrophobic ointments; types and advantages/disadvantages
– White soft paraffin and yellow soft paraffin can be used as ointment bases.
– In case of skin irritation or when protective effects is needed.
– The disadvantage of paraffin usage on the skin is the prevention of the skin from perspiration
Water-emulsifying ointments
– Water emulsifying hydrocarbon waxes and ointments, capable of oil-in-water emulsion formation: • anionic emulsifying wax • nonionic emulsifying wax • cetomacrogol emulsifying ointment • anionic emulsifying ointment – Water-emulsifying hydrocarbons, capable of water-in-oil emulsion formation: • simple ointment, • paraffin ointment • hydrous ointment.
Hydrophilic ointments
– Are miscible with water
– They can be applied when greater body surface area is
treated or when the ill animal is sensitive to hydrocarbons.
What are macrogol ointment?
Hydrophilic oitmentcontains that contains two types of polyethylene glycols; macrogol 4000 and macrogol 300.
Ointment - Dispensation
- Jar
* Tube
Ointment - Prescription
„For external use only!”
• Official preparations (BP)
• Prepared preparations
• Licensed preparations
Eye ointment - Definition
Sterile, soft, homogenous ointments intended for application to the conjunctiva. Prolonged effect (eye-drops), a bit more preferable in cats (nasolacrimal duct).
Eye ointment - Composition
- Active substance: AB, glucocorticoids, Vit. A, etc.
* Eye ointment bases: simple eye ointment, hydrous eye ointment
Eye ointment - Dispensation
– Not more than 5-10 grams (open package stability)
– In sterilised tubes with a cannula
Eye ointment - Prescription
– Official preparations
– Prepared preparations
– Licensed preparations
Oral gel and oral paste - Usage
– Orally
Oral gel and oral paste - Composition
- Active substance: anthelminthics, AB, sedatives, probiotics etc.
- Vehicle: gel or paste
Intramammary preparations - Definition
Sterile, soft preparations (suspensions, emulsions, solution) able to treat or prevent the diseases of the mammary gland.
They can be introduced into the mammary gland via the teat canal.
– Dry-cows = non-lactating cows
– Lactating cows
Intramammary preparations - Usage
– Udderwash
– Udder-disinfection
– Milking-out
Intramammary preparations - importances in case of lactating/dry animals
– In case of lactating animals, after 12 hours milk-out, then reapplication
– Dry cows: after last milk-out, long WP!
Intramammary preparations - Composition
– Active compound: AB, antimycotics, antiseptics, GC (their form changes whether lactating or not!)
– Vehicle: liquid paraffin, beeswax etc.
– Auxiliary subst.: stabilizing suspension and emulsion (eg. DMSO), preservatives (eg. Benzyl alcohol)
Intramammary preparations - Dispensation
– Plastic syringes with special injector (single doses)
– For the treatment of a SINGLE teat canal
– /Rarely multidose formulations/
Intramammary preparations - Prescription
– Official preparations (BPV) - rare!
– Licensed preparations
Suppositories - Definition
Solid, single-dose preparations, that will dissolve on body temperature.
The shape, volume and consistency are suitable for rectal administration (+ vaginal formulations)
Suppositories - Usage
– Mainly in small animals
– Local effect: disinfectant, adstringent, emolliating
– Systemic effect: sedative, anticonvulsive, NSAID’s etc.
(avoiding liver first pass)
Suppositories - Composition
- Active substance: e.g. sedative, NSAID (powder or liquid)
* Suppository bases: hard fat , cocoa butter, supplemented hard fat, macrogol mass
Suppositories - Dispensation
Aluminium foils + box
Suppositories - Prescription
– Official preparations
– Prepared preprations
– Licensed preparations
Electuaries - Usage:
– Orally
– Not precise: only safe ingredients
Electuaries - Composition
- Active substance: powder form, safe
* Vehicle: syrup (prepared), jam (homemade)
What are tranquilizers?
sedatives / neuroleptics (phenothiazines, butirophenons,Rauwolfia alkaloids)
Tranquilizer sedatives - Pharmacological effects
- decreased motoric activity, decreased aggression
- reduced response to stimuli and fear, indifference to the surroundings
- No analgesic activity, but they potentiate the activity of analgesics (neuroleptanalgesia) ↔ slight analgesic activity can be observed by butyrophenones
- Increasing the dose lengthens the duration of sedation, not the depth (they do not cause hypnosis)
Tranquilizer sedatives - Receptorial effects
- Anti – α1-activity: hypotension (!) – horse: paradox-reaction
- Anti – dopamine activity: mainly responsible for sedative effect. Antiemetic effect. PRL-secretion increases: contraindicated for pseudopregnant animals
- Anti – histamine (H1) activity: antiallergic effect
- Anti – serotonine activity: versatile actions, e.g. inhibited regulation of body temp.
- Anti-muscarine effect: constipation, dry mouth (markedly in humans)
- FSH-secretion decreases: fertility rate decreases
Tranquilizer sedatives - Side effects
- Hypotension: can cause collapse in severely dehydrated, exsiccated animals (boxers very sensitive!)
- Paradox-reaction might be present in the horse
- Tissue irritation (e.g. chlorpromazine can cause muscle necrosis given im.)
- They can induce epileptic seizures (anti-D-effect)
- Hypothermia in cold places, hyperthermia in hot places
- Can exacerbate the symptoms of pseudopregnancy
- Slow metabolism and excretion: must not be given directly before slaughtering
- Can cause penis-prolapse in stallions (especially propionilpromazine, acepromazine)