M3: SEMI SOLID Flashcards
- Semi-solid preparations intended for external application to the skin or mucous membranes.
- Applied to the skin with or without inuctions (rubbing)
- greasy base; often anhydrous bases
- immiscible with skin secretions
OINTMENT
OINTMENT is also called as
SALVE, CHRISMA or UNGUENTUM
TYPES OF OINTMENT
treatment of cutaneous infection
medicated
TYPES OF OINTMENT
bases
non medicated
- mixture of waxes (solid and hard at room temperature),
- fats (semi-solid, soft at room temperature)
- oils (liquid at room temperature)
OINTMENT BASES
- “oily”
- Emollient effect and effective as occlusive dressings.
- Remain on the skin for long periods without drying out and difficult to wash off
- highly occlusive due to immiscibility with water (due to oily nature)
- for moisturization of dry skin
- Examples: Petrolatum, White Petrolatum, Yellow Ointment, White Ointment
HYDROCARBON BASES
HYDROCARBON BASES
When powdered substances are to be incorporated into hydrocarbon bases, ____ may be used as levigating agent
LIQUID PETROLATUM (MINERAL OIL)
HYDROCARBON BASES
When powdered substances are to be incorporated into hydrocarbon bases, liquid petrolatum (mineral oil) may be used as ____
LEVIGATING AGENT
- May be used as emollients, although they do not provide the degree of occlusion afforded by the oleaginous bases.
- Not easily removed from the skin with water washing, because the external phase of the emulsion is oleaginous.
- Useful as pharmaceutical adjuncts
- oleaginous base but absorb small amounts of water
- moderate to high occlusiveness
- Permit the incorporation of aqueous solutions resulting in the formation of water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion
- Examples: Hydrophilic Petrolatum, Anhydrous Lanolin
ABSORPTION BASES
- Known as “water-washable bases”
- Removed easily from skin or clothing.
- May be diluted with water or aqueous solutions and can absorb serous discharges
- non-greasy
- forms O/W emulsions
- low to moderate osslusiveness
- Example: Hydrophilic Ointment
WATER-REMOVABLE BASES
- Also known as “greaseless bases”
- It doesn’t contain oleaginous components
- complete absence of oil; complete water solubility
- water-soluble constituents
- non-greasy
- moisture retention is not priority
- minimal occlusiveness
- Example: Polyethylene Glycol Ointment
WATER SOLUBLE BASES
Methods of Preparation
- With the aid of heat
- heat-labile (sensitive)
- Components are combined by melting together and cooled with constant stirring until congealed.
- The material with the highest melting point are heated to the lowest required temperature to produce a melt.
- Additional materials are added with constant stirring during cooling of the melt until the mixture is congealed.
- Do not accelerate the cooling process by putting the melt in water or ice. This will change the consistency of the final product making it more stiff than desired.
Ex. Zinc ointment, Coal Tar Ointment, Anthralin Ointment
FUSION
bases used at fusion method liquefies at what temperature
70%
METHODS OF PREPARATION
- Without the aid of heat
- The components are mixed until a uniform preparation is attained.
- For Soluble solids: Soluble solids should be added to the molten fatty bases at the lowest possible temperature and the mixture stirred until cold. Alternatively, if using a pre-prepared base, soluble solids may be incorporated using the method employed for insoluble solids.
- For Insoluble solids: Insoluble solids should be incorporated using an ointment tile and spatula. If there is more than one powder to be added these should be mixed in a mortar using the ‘doubling-up’ method
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
____ solids should be added to the** molten fatty bases** at the lowest possible temperature and the mixture stirred until cold.
SOLID
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
Soluble solids should be added to the ____ at the lowest possible temperature and the mixture stirred until cold.
MOLTEN FATTY BASES
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
Soluble solids should be added to the molten fatty bases at the ____ possible temperature and the mixture stirred until cold.
LOWEST
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
if using a ____ base, soluble solids may be incorporated using the method employed for insoluble solids
PRE-PREPARED BASE
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
if using a pre-prepared base, soluble solids may be incorporated using the method employed for ____
INSOLUBLE SOLIDS
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
____ solids should be incorporated using an ointment tile and spatula
INSOLUBLE
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
Insoluble solids should be incorporated using an ____ and ____
OINTMENT TILE & SPATULA
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
If there is ____ powder to be added these should be mixed in a mortar using the ‘doubling-up’ method.
MORE THAN ONE
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
If there is more than one powder to be added these should be mixed in a ____ using the ‘doubling-up’ method.
MORTAR
MECHANICAL INCORPORATION
If there is more than one powder to be added these should be mixed in a mortar using the ____ method.
DOUBLING UP
- similar concept with geometric dilution
- Add the ingredient present in the lowest bulk to the mortar
- Add the second ingredient in approximately the same amount that is present in the mortar, therefore doubling-up the bulk already in the mortar
- Mix lightly since undue pressure may cause caking
- The bottom of the mortar can be loosened by scraping the sides of the powder using a large flexible spatula
- At each addition, add a quantity that approximately doubles the bulk in the mortar
DOUBLE UP
WHITEFIELD’S OINTMENT
synonym
Benzoic acid and salicylic acid ointment
WHITEFIELD’S OINTMENT
Latin name
Unguentum acidi benzoico et salicyli
WHITEFIELD’S OINTMENT
USE/S
Keratolytic, fungicide