Medication

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Dosage Form

They are the means by which drug molecule are delivered to sites of action within the body. They have two major portions:

  • API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)
  • Excepients (non-drug-parts)




Classification of Dosage Form


Routes of Administration

A route of Administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is taken into the body.


Parenteral

Classification

Tablets

Tablets may be defined as solid pharmaceutical dosage forms containing drug substances with or without suitable diluents and prepared either by compression or molding methods.


Types of Tablets

Orally Ingested

  1.         Compressed tablet, e.g. Paracetamol tablet
  2.         Multiple compressed tablet
  3.         Delayed release tablet, e.g. Enteric coated Bisacodyl tablet
  4.         Sugar coated tablet, e.g. Multivitamin tablet
  5.         Film coated tablet, e.g. Metonidazole tablets and Chewable Tablets such as Antacids. 

Tablets used in oral cavity

  1. ·        Buccal tablet, eg. Vitamin-c tablet
  2. ·        Sublingual tablet, eg. Vicks Menthol tablet
  3. ·        Troches or lozenges
  4. ·        Dental cone

Tablets administered by other routes

  1. Implantaton Tablets
  2. Vaginal Tablets eg: Clotrimazole tablet

Tablets used to prepare solutions

  1. ·   Effervescent tablet, e.g. Dispirin tablet (Aspirin)
  2. ·   Dispensing tablet, e.g. Enzyme tablet (Digiplex)
  3. ·  Hypodermic tablet
  4. ·   Tablet triturates e.g. Enzyme tablet (Digiplex)


Capsules

They are solid dosage forms in which medicinal agents and inert substances are enclosed in a small shell of gelatin. Capsules are mainly of two types:

  1. Hard Gelatin Capsule
  2. Soft gelatin Capsule


SYRUPS

Concentrated aqueous preparations of 85% of sugar or sugar substitute with or without flavouring agents and medicinal substances.

  • 1.     Medicated Syrups
  • 2.     Non- Medicated Syrups

Oitment, Cream, Paste, Gel


Aerosols and Inhaler

Aerosol is a pressurized dosage forms containing one or more therapeutic active ingredients which upon actuation emit a fine dispersion of liquid and/or solid materials in gaseous medium.

Pharmaceutical Aerosols (Aerosols)

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