pharmacy Orientation من dispensing Flashcards
Dispensing
Preparation, packaging, labeling and transfer
of the drug to the patient
Drug Product
The finished dosage form that contains a
drug, with or without other active or
inactive ingredients
Dosage forms (Drug delivery systems)
delivery system of a drug i.e.
* creams
* Intravenous injections
* tablets
*capsules
*syrups
*ointments
*inhalation
IV
injection
Active ingredient
The ingredient that has pharmacological effect
Active moiety
In chemistry, a moiety is a group of atoms forming
part of a molecule.
In a pharmaceutical product, the active moiety is
that part of the molecule of an active substance
which gives it its therapeutic effect
Drug Formulation
It is the design of active ingredients in drug
delivery systems or dosage forms
Excipient
The addition of a compound to a dosage form
other than the active ingredient
Batch number
A batch identification number is a unique code assigned to a group of checks or payment requests to help process them more efficiently.
Placebo
lactose tablets (commonly referred to as a
sugar pill).
- A placebo is given to meet the patient’s need for medicine, even though it has no active drug.
- It’s used in studies to test how well real medicines work.(controlled studies)
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their effects on
the body.
It examines the interactions of chemical substances with
living systems
Therapeutics
medical treatment of disease; the
art or science of healing.
Pharmaceutical toxicology
The study of harmful or toxic effects of drugs
Pharmacokinetics is the science
that describes the Absorption,
Distribution, Metabolism and
Excretion of drugs ADME (time-
course of drugs).(amount of time needed by each
parameter)
what the body dose to a drug
