What is a Drug a) A drug is a chemical substance that affects the processes of body and mind. b) Any chemical compound used or administered to humans and/ or animals in the process of diagnosis, treatment or prevention for relief of pain or sufferings or to control or improve a physiological process or pathological […]
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Diluents For ease of handling by the patient, A tablet should weigh at least about 50 mg. Diluents are fillers used to make up the volume of tablets if the tablet is inadequate to produce the volume. Diluents are used as disintegrants in the dispersible and orally disintegrating tablets. Diluents are used to make of
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Pharmaceutical Pastes are semisolid dosage forms that contain one or more drug substances intended for topical/external application to the skin. They are generally very thick & stiff. They differ from ointments in their consistency, as they contain larger amounts of finely dispersed solids (20% to 50%) and so they are thicker and stiffer. Ointments are
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Powder Dosage form: Bulk Powders, Divided Powders, Dusting Powders & Insufflations and Dry Powder Inhalers
Pharmaceutical capsules: Types, Manufacturing of Soft & Hard Gelatin capsule, Evaluation of Capsule, Capsule size for human use
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What is isotonicity? For a solution to be termed isotonic (equal tone) it must have the same osmotic pressure as a specific bodily fluid. In pharmacy, isotonicity calculations are most often performed for parenteral and ophthalmic solutions which must have a freezing point depression of 0.52◦C for them to be isotonic with blood plasma and
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Suspension: Formulation; Evaluation- Sedimentation volume, Redispersibility, Rheological property, Zeta-potential/Electro-Kinetic property
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Types & Preparation of Pharmaceutical Gelatin, Properties of Gelatin suitable for the Hard Gelatin & oft Gelatin capsule
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Sugar Coating of Tablets Sugarcoating of tablets is not as common in the pharmaceutical industry. Since it has been replaced by Polymer film coating. The sugar coating is generally water-soluble making it easier to dissolve quickly when it comes into contact with any liquid medium such as gastrointestinal fluids. One purpose of the sugar coating
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Different types of Pharmaceutical Packaging: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Function of packaging, Packaging materials
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