Tropical Preparation Flashcards
What are tropical preparations
These are preparations that are made to be applied on the skin and mucous membrane
Water in oil or oil in water is what type of topical preparations
Cream
Lotion is made up of
Oil in water with more water and hydoalcohol
Emulsions are
Oil and water
Example of emulsions are
Cream
Lotion
A semisolid hydrocarbon with no water and preservative is
Ointment
Best place for ointment includes
Palm and soles
Thixotropy is the ability of
A topical solution to be less viscous and ealisy movable
——- is not as foamy as foams but need a pressurized container
Sprays
It is like foam and spray but bring its content out as vapor
Aerosols
Example of aerosols include
Inhaler
Gels are
Transparent solution containing cellulose ethers or carbromers in water or water alcohol solutions
A good gel is meant to be
Thixotropic
Alcohol based solution used as cleanser on the skin is
Astringent
What are solutions
Are solids dissolved in either water or alchol
For wet and oozy treatment what form of tropical preparation is best??
Cream and lotion
For dry treatment what form of tropical preparation is best??
Ointment
For skin folds,what form of tropical preparation is best??
Cream and lotion
what form of tropical preparation is best for hairy areas?
Foam (best)
Lotion
Gels
Solution
What are astringent
Astringent are the pharmaceutical substance that can cause tissue to contract or shrink
It can be used to stop bleeding
Difference between a demulscent and an emollient
Demulscent and emollient are solutions that soothes pain and irritation
But emollient is used for internal surface like mouth
Demulscent is used for external surface like skin
What is an emulsion
Emulsion is a mixture of two liquid that are immiscible
A suspension is a dispersion only that a suspension has ——— in it
Liquid
Incorperating smaller particles in another mass mostly bigger is a term called
Dispersion
Examples of dispersion include
Solution
Suspension
Colloids
A tincture is
A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol
An alcoholic drug solution
Pessary is a medicated ——— suppository
Vaginal
Suppository are made in such a way that they are solid at ——— but melts at ———-
Room temperature but melts and body temperature
Suppository are medicines that are
Shaped to fit a particular orifice of the body
Where when placed e.g ear canal the drug melts and does it work
What are excipients
Are substances made along side the main drug so as to make the drug easy for administration
Eg making gum and using sugar and the medicine to make the drug
All drugs = excipient + active drug
Sweetened hydro alcoholic medicine/liquid used for oral use is called
Elixir
Elixir are basically drugs with sweet taste smell for better administration given only in the mouth
A linctus is a
Sweetened thick syrup medicine only used for cough and sore throat
Difference between elixir and linctus
Elixir is contains alchol
Elixir is more liquidy than linctus
Elixir can be used for therapeutic purposes
Linctus is a syrup does not contain alcohol
Linctus is only used for cough and sore throat
Lozenge are
Solid medicine that are given in the mouth/sublingual intended to melt in the mouth slowly eg strepsils
Strepsils for sore throat are what classification of oral form of drug
Lozenges
Medicine created only for cavities on the body are called
Suppository medicines
Difference between lotion and cream emulsion is that
Lotion is basically oil in water emulsion
And cream is oil in water or water in oil emulsion( can be both)
Electuary is a drug that
Melts in the mouth
