Module 4 ch 1

Question 1

Balance

Answer 1

Used to weigh ingredients. Class A electronic or torsion required for all compounding

Question 2

Mortar and Pestle

Answer 2

Used to reduce particle size and or mix ingredients

Question 3

Graduated cyclinder

Answer 3

Used to measure liquids by volume

Question 4

Ointment paper

Answer 4

Used to prepare semi-solid dosage forms

Question 5

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Answer 5

The substance used in the compounding of a drug product that will display pharmacologic activity to treat, mitigate cure, prevent, or diagnose disease

Question 6

Compounding facility

Answer 6

separate area within a pharmacy used for compounding

Question 7

Geometric Dilution

Answer 7

Using equal amounts of ingredients during each step of compounding

Question 8

Inactive ingredient (or excipient)

Answer 8

Substances required to compound a dosage from that are not intended to exert a pharmacologic effect

Question 9

Levigate

Answer 9

to incorporate a solid into an ointment

Question 10

Meniscus

Answer 10

The top of a liquid that is being measured
Concave in shape: measurement should be read at the bottom

Question 11

Triturate

Answer 11

To reduce particle size by grinding in the mortar and pestle

Question 12

Vehicle

Answer 12

a component for internal or external use that is used as a carrier or diluent in which liquids, semisolids, or solids are dissolved or suspended

Question 13

Master formulation record

Answer 13

Created before compounding a preparation for the first time

Question 14

Compounding record

Answer 14

Should be maintained a logged each time a compound is prepared

Question 15

Simple

Answer 15

Appears in a peer-reviewed journal, or per manufacturer labeling that contains specific info on ingredients

Question 16

Moderate

Answer 16

Making a preparation that requires special calculations or procedures to determine quantities of components

Question 17

Complex

Answer 17

Making a preparation that requires special training, environment, facilities, equipment, and procedures

Question 18

Solutions

Answer 18

-May require heating
-Combo of compatible solution or other ingredients that mix homogenously

Question 19

Suspensions

Answer 19

solid substance is levigated in a mortar and pestle, wetted to form a paste, and transferred from the mortar

Question 20

Emulsions

Answer 20

Mixtures of oil, water and an emulsifying agent that require special blending or homogenizing agent

Question 21

Ointments

Answer 21

Incorporating other ingredients/dosage forms into a base. Commonly use a spatula on ointment paper/slab

Question 22

Creams

Answer 22

Separating ingredients into “lipid” and “aqueous” categories, heating them separately above their melting points.

Question 23

Gels

Answer 23

Involve incorporating a gelling agent, by either heating ingredients or altering their ph

Question 24

Capsules

Answer 24

Can be prepared by hand or with special capsule-packing equipment

Question 25

Tablets

Answer 25

Require packing/compressing equipment to prepare the molded dosage form

Question 26

Suppositories

Answer 26

Can be made either by molding (incorporating ingredients into a melted base and pouring into a mold) or by hand rolling (ingredients incorporated into a semi-solid base, and hand-molded into a suppository shape).