LIQUID DOSAGE FORMS Flashcards
Are liquid preparations that contain one or more chemical substances dissolve in a suitable solvent or mixture of mutually miscible solvents
Solutions
What are the advantages of solutions
Completely homogeneous doses
Immediate availability for absorption and distribution
Provides a flexible dosage form through easy to swallow, can be used by any route of administration and easy to adjust dose
A represent by true or colloidal solution
Monophasic liquid dosage forms
Solutions containing high concentration of sucrose or other sugars
Syrups
Examples of syrups
Cherry syrup
Cocoa syrup
Orange syrup
Raspberry syrup
Nearly saturated aqueous solution of sucrose 85% weight per volume
Syrup according to national formulary or simple syrup
Inherently stable and resistant to the growth of microorganisms when properly prepared and maintained
Simple syrup
Methods of preparation for syrups
Percolation
Reconstitution
Addition of sucrose to medicated or flavored liquid
Solution by agitation without the aid of heat
Solution by agitation with the aid of heat
Give the importance of syrups
It retards oxidation because it’s partly hydrolyzed into the reducing sugar
It prevents the composition of many vegetable substance because it’s have high osmotic pressure which prevent the growth of bacteria
They are palatable due sweet taste
Are clear pleasantly flavored sweetened hydro alcoholic solutions intended for oral use
Elixirs
Alcohol content of elixir
5 to 40%
Alcohol content of aromatic elixir
22%
Methods of preparation of elixirs
Solution with agitation
Admixture of two or more liquid ingredients
Are alcoholic or hydro-alcoholic solutions of volatile substances
Spirits or essences
Alcohol content of spirits or essences
Use of spirits or essences
60%
Flavoring agents and vehicle
Spirits or essences and aromatic waters are stored in
Tight and light resistant containers
Are alcoholic or hydro alcoholic solutions prepared from vegetable materials or from chemical substances
Tinctures
Alcohol content of tincture
15 to 80%
What is the preparation of tinctures
Maceration and percolation
Examples of tinctures
Iodine Tincture
Opium tincture
Are liquid preparations of vegetable drugs containing alcohol as solvent preservative or both and so me that unless otherwise specified in an individual monograph
Fluid extract
H ml of fluid extract contains how many standard drug
1 g
Preparation of fluid extracts includes
Process A
Process B and D
Process E
Are clear aqueous solution saturated with volatile oils or other aromatic or volatile substances
Aromatic Waters
Aromatic waters are also called as
Medicated waters
Aqueous phasein some emulsions or suspensions
Aromatic Waters
Methods of preparation of aromatic waters
Solution of the aromatic substances with or without use of dispersing agent
Distillation
Are aqueous solutions used for treating The parents and not so pharynx by forcing air from the lungs
Gargles
Are aqueous solution use for its deodorant refreshing or antiseptic effect or for control of plaque
Mouth washes
Intended for tropical application to the skin or mucous membranes
Topical solutions
Are aqueous or oliganous solutions in the form of course droplets are finally divided solids to be applied topically it is most usually to the nasopharyngeal tract or to the skin
Sprays
Locally applied solutions to the constrict force and precipitate proteins
Astringent
Examples of astringent
Aluminum acetate
Aluminum sub acetate
Calcium hydroxide
Kill microorganisms when applied to the skin or mucous membranes
Topical anti-infective
Examples of topical anti-infective
Povidone iodine
Thimerosal
Hydrogen peroxide
Rectal solutions employed to evacuate the bowel and influence the general system of absorption or to affect locally the site of disease
Enemas
Are aqueous solutions directed against a part or into a cavity of the body functions as a cleansing or antiseptic agent and are frequently dispensed in the form of a powder with the directions for dissolving in a specified quantity of warm water
Douches
Are not aqueous alcoholic or oligano solutions or emulsions of various medicinal substances intended to be rubbed on the skin
Liniments
Liniments are also called as
Embrocations
Are liquid preparations composed of pyroxylene dissolved in an aqueous solvent mixture usually composed of alcohol and ether with or without added medicinal substances
Collodions
Pyroxylin is also called
Soluble gun cotton
Paroxetine is produced through the action of what
Nitric acid and sulfuric acid
3:1
Purified cotton
Flexible colloidon is prepared by the addition of what
3% castor oil for flexibility
2% camphor for waterproofing
Are aqueous solutions designed to be administered to the nasal passages in drops or sprays may contain preservatives buffer antioxidant and surfactan vehicle use is usually water but co solvent system may be used
Nasal solution
Are intended for installation into the ear
Otic solution
What is the vehicle of otic solution
Glycerin or water or co solvent
Are sterile pyrogen-free and particle free solution suitably compounded and package for installation into the eye
Ophthalmic solution
Optimic solutions - PH and positive PH
7.4
6.5 to 8.5
Status solutions used to wash or bath surgical incisions wounds or body tissues
Irrigating solution
Injected through the skin or directly into the blood vessel muscle organ or tissue
Parental solutions
Must conforms with strict requirements for microbiological impurity particulate matter and pyrogenicity
Parenteral solutions
Routes of administration of parenteral solutions
Intradermal or intracutenous
Subcutaneous
Intramuscular
Intravenous
Intra arterial
Intra thecal
Intra spinal
Epidural
The liquid which consist of two phases are known as
BIPHASIC liquid dosage forms
Is a bifasic liquid dosage forms containing two immiscible liquid
Emulsion
Two immiscible liquids under emulsion
Continuous phase and dispersed phase
Types of emulsion
Oil in water
Water in oil
Multiple emulsions
Micro emulsions
Liquid dosage forms containing finely divided drug particles distributed somewhat uniformly throughout a vehicle in which the drug exhibits a minimum degree of solubility
Suspensions
Purposes for formulating a suspension
Sustaining effect
Stability
Taste
is a thermodynamically unstable system
consisting of at least two immiscible liquid phases one of
which is dispersed as globules in the other liquid phase
stabilized by a third substance
Emulsion
Emulsion is a thermodynamically unstable system
consisting of at least two immiscible liquid phases one of
which is dispersed as globules in the other liquid phase
stabilized by a third substance called
Emulsifying agent
The globule size in emulsion varies from
0.25-25 nanometer
are semisolid systems consisting of dispersions of small or
large molecules in an aqueous liquid vehicle rendered jelly-like
by the addition of a gelling-agent
Gels
sometimes used for suspension in aqueous
vehicles intended for oral
Milk
often used to describe
suspensions of inorganic acids such as clay in
water
Magma
generally suspensions of
solid materials in an aqueous vehicle.
Lotion
are semisolid preparations intended for external application
to the skin or mucous membranes
Ointments
make the skin more pliable
Emollients
Are semisolid preparation containing one or
more medicinal agents dissolved or
dispersed in either a W/O emulsion or an
O/W emulsion or in another type of waterwashable bases.
Creams
oil-in-water emulsion containing large
percentage of water and stearic acid or
other oleaginous component
Vanishing cream
are semisolid preparations intended for application to the
skin, and generally contain a larger proportion of solid
material than ointments and therefore are stiffer
Pastes
are plastic masses containing gelatin (15%),
glycerin (40%), water (35%) and an added
medicinal substance (10%) such as zinc oxide
Glycerogelatins
Are solid dosage forms intended for insertion into
body orifices where they melt, soften, or
dissolve and exert local or systemic effects.
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useful in infants, debilitated or comatose patients,
patients who vomit, who have nausea or
gastrointestinal disturbances
Suppositories
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wounds that are thought to occur due to improper
functioning of venous valves, usually of the legs
Zin gelatin boot