Pharmaceutics I

📖 The Scoop

The concept of pharmaceutics, as applied in the speciality of Pharmacy, encompasses a broad spectrum of interrelated subject areas. It is generally regarded as the core discipline in Pharmacy, covering the well-defined and articulated stages to which a drug is subjected in its development into dosage forms and delivery to consumers. The book consists of all basic aspects related to pharmaceutics. In the general introduction to pharmaceutics, the book contains the history of pharmacy, the development of pharmacy, different dosage forms, prescriptions, how to calculate the dose, and factors affecting doses. The book covers various concepts of weighing and measuring, pharmaceutical calculation, pharmaceutical powders or mixtures, and liquid dosage forms intended for internal and external use. It also explains how to prepare monophasic and biphasic liquid formulations and suppositories. Additionally, it helps in understanding the different excipients used in semisolid formulations, the mechanisms associated with them, influencing factors for drug penetration, and the development of different semisolid dosage forms.

Genre: Fiction / Medical (fancy, right?)