PHARMACOLOGY 1 FORMS OF MEDICATION FORM CAPSULES DESCRIPTION

PHARMACOLOGY 1 FORMS OF MEDICATION FORM CAPSULES DESCRIPTION SOLID DOSAGE FORMS FOR ORAL USE IN WHICH MEDICATION IS ENCLOSED IN GELATIN SHELL THAT DISSOLVES IN STOMACH OR INTESTINE.

GELATIN SHELL IS COLORED TO AID IN PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION. MANUFACTURERS USE DISTINCTIVE SHAPES FOR IDENTIFYING THEIR CAPSULES.

FORM DESCRIPTION DOUCHE AQUEOUS SOLUTION USED AS CLEANSING OR ANTISEPTIC AGENT FOR PART OF BODY OR BODY CAVITY. DOUCHES ARE USUALLY SOLD AS POWDER OR LIQUID CONCENTRATION TO BE DISSOLVED OR DILUTED BEFORE USE.

FORM DESCRIPTION ELIXIRS CLEAR FLUIDS FOR ORAL USE THAT CONTAIN WATER AND ALCOHOL WITH GLYCERIN AND SORBITOL OR ANOTHER SWEETENER SOMETIMES ADDED. ALCOHOL CONTENT PREPARATIONS VARIES OF THESE

FORM GLYCERITES DESCRIPTION SOLUTION OF DRUGS IN GLYCERIN FOR EXTERNAL USE. SOLUTION MUST BE AT LEAST 50% GLYCERIN

FORM PATCHES DESCRIPTION INNER SURFACE CONTACTS SKIN OF THE AND PATCH ALLOWS TRANSDERMAL ABSORPTION OF LIPIDSOLUBLE DRUGS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DRUG ON THE PATCH IS VERY LARGE, BUT TYPICALLY ONLY A ABSORBED. SMALL FRACTION IS

FORM DESCRIPTION PILLS SOLID DOSAGE FORMS FOR ORAL USE IN WHICH DRUG AND VARIOUS VEHICLES ARE FORMED INTO SMALL GLOBULES OR OVOIDS. TRUE PILLS ARE RARE; MOST HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY COMPRESSED TABLETS.

FORM SOLUTION DESCRIPTION LIQUID PREPARATIONS, USUALLY IN WATER CONTAINING ONE OR MORE DISSOLVED COMPOUNDS. SOLUTIONS FOR ORAL USE MAY CONTAIN FLAVORING AND COLORING AGENTS. INJECTABLE STERILE; SOLUTIONS MUST BE FOR INTRAVENOUS INJECTION MUST ALSO BE PARTICLE FREE.

FORM DESCRIPTION SUPPOSITORIES SOLID DOSAGE FORMS TO BE INSERTED INTO BODY CAVITY WHERE MEDICATION IS RELEASED AS SOLID MELTS OR DISSOLVES.

FORM DESCRIPTION SUPPOSITORIES OFTEN CONTAIN COCOA BUTTER (THEOBROMA OIL), WHICH IS SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE BUT LIQUID AT BODY TEMPERATURE, OR POLYETHYLENE GELATIN, GLYCOL, WHICH SECRETIONS MEMBRANES. GLYCERIN, DISSOLVES FROM OR IN MUCOUS

FORM DESCRIPTION SUSPENSION FINELY DIVIDED DRUG PARTICLES THAT ARE SUSPENDED IN SUITABLE LIQUID MEDIUM BEFORE BEING INJECTED OR TAKEN ORALLY. SUSPENSIONS MUST NOT BE INJECTED INTRAVENOUSLY.

FORM INHALERS DESCRIPTION INHALER IS A DEVICE HOLDING A MEDICINE THAT YOU TAKE BY BREATHING IN (INHALING). INHALERS ARE THE MAIN TREATMENT FOR ASTHMA.

FORM SYRUPS DESCRIPTION MEDICATION CONCENTRATED DISSOLVED SOLUTION IN OF SUGAR SUCH AS SUCROSE. FLAVORS MAY BE ADDED TO MASK UNPLEASANT TASTE.

FORM DESCRIPTION TABLETS SOLID DOSAGE FORMS SHAPED LIKE DISKS OR CYLINDERS THAT CONTAIN, IN ADDITION TO DRUG, ONE OR MORE OF FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS: ALLOWS BINDER TABLET TO (ADHESIVE STICK THAT TOGETHER), DISINTEGRATORS (SUBSTANCES PROMOTING TABLETS DISSOLUTION IN BODY FLUIDS), LUBRICANTS (REQUIRED MANUFACTURING), INGREDIENTS CONVENIENT). TO AND MAKE FOR EFFICIENT FILLERS TABLET (INERT SIZE

FORM DESCRIPTION ENTERIC COATED SOLID DOSAGE FORMS FOR ORAL DRUGS USE. MEDICATION IN TABLET FORM IS COATED WITH MATERIALS DESIGNED NOT TO DISSOLVE IN STOMACH BUT TO DISSOLVE IN INTESTINE, WHERE MEDICATION MAY BE ABSORBED.

FORM PRESS-COATED OR DESCRIPTION PERFORMED TABLET THAT HAS ANOTHER LAYER OF MATERIAL LAYERED DRUGS PRESSED ON OR AROUND IT. THIS PRACTICE ALLOWS INCOMPATIBLE INGREDIENTS TO BE SEPARATED AND CAUSES THEM TO BE DISSOLVED DIFFERENT RATES. AT SLIGHTLY

FORM TINCTURE TRANSDERMAL DESCRIPTION ALCOHOLIC OR WATER-ALCOHOL SOLUTIONS OF DRUGS. CREAMS RELATIVELY LIPID-SOLUBLE DRUGS THAT MAY BE ABSORBED TRANSDERMALLY. DOSAGE IS USUALLY MEASURED IN INCHES OF CREAM EXTRUDED FROM TUBE.

FORM TROCHE (ALSO CALLED LOZENGES OR PASTILLES) DESCRIPTION A TROCHE IS A LOZENGE DESIGNED TO DELIVER MEDICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE MUCUS MEMBRANES OF THE MOUTH BY DISSOLVING SLOWLY WHEN PLACED BETWEEN THE TONGUE AND GUMS. TROCHES DISINTEGRATE DISSOLVE IN OR MOUTH, RELEASING MEDICATION SUCH AS ANTISEPTIC OR ANESTHETIC FOR ACTION IN MOUTH OR THROAT. TROCHES DISSOLVE MORE SLOWLY THAN TABLETS.

FORM AMPOULE DESCRIPTION IS A SMALL SEALED VIAL WHICH IS USED TO CONTAIN AND PRESERVE A SAMPLE, USUALLY A SOLID OR LIQUID. AMPOULES ARE COMMONLY MADE OF GLASS,

FORM VIAL DESCRIPTION A VIAL (ALSO KNOWN AS A PHIAL OR FLACON) IS A SMALL GLASS OR PLASTIC VESSEL OR BOTTLE, OFTEN USED TO STORE MEDICATION AS LIQUIDS, POWDERS OR CAPSULES

FORM NEBULES DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE: SALBUTAMOL USED FOR THE RELIEF OF BRONCHOSPASM IN CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE