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Prepared and formulated like hard candy
Lozenges
Compressed into a hard disc intended to dissolve slowly
Troches
Pleasant tasting tablets designed to disintegrate smoothly in the mouth.
Chewable tablets
Prepared by compressing the drug with effervescent salt mixtures
Effervescent tablets
tablet that is designed to disintegrate in the mouth before swallowing.
Fast-dissolving tablets
3 ways fast-dissolving tablets are created
1.freeze drying
2.direct compression with special disintegrants
3.molding
Solid dosage forms of various weights and shapes usually medicated for insertion into the rectum vagina or the urethra
suppositories
What makes up a suppository
Active ingredient
Additives
Suppository Base
List oil-soluble suppository bases
cocoa butter
synthetic triglycerides
List water soluble/water miscible suppository bases
Glycerinated Gelatin
Polyehtylene Glycol (PEG) poylmers
Is used to determine how much of a base will be displaced by a drug
Density Factor
What is the rate limiting step for drugs to cross the skin?
Stratum Cornea
What are the units for flux?
J= accumulation amount/ area*time

J=micromoles/cm2h
What are the units for Cv?
micromoles/cm3
Liquid preparations of topical drug delivery
Liniments
Lotions
Paints
Ear drops
Other topical drug delivery systems
gels
powders
ointments
creams
aerosols
Tapers
Plasters
Skin Functions
Protective Barrier
Homeostasis
Sensory
Secretory
Excretory
Composed of layers of keratinocytes
Provides mechanical protection, prevents fluid loss, and keeps microorganisms form invading the body.
Epidermis
Epidermal Layer
Kerantinocytes called corneocytes.
Flattened non-nucleated cells filled in with keratin filaments
constantly sloughed off
First line of defense for body
Stratum Corneum
Epidermal Layer
More common in thick skin
Thin translucent lightly stained layer of non-nucleated cells
Stratum Lucidum
Epidermal Layer
3-5 lyaers of polygonal cells with central nuclei and many basophilic granules
Contain proteins that bind keratin filaments together.
Stratum Granulosum
Epidermal Layer
Cuboidal, polygonal or sqamouns cells
Desmosomes: cell to cell adhesion
Stratum Spinosum
Epidermal Layer
Cuboidal cells attached to basal lamina
Mitotic
single cell layer
Merkel cells and melanocytes
Stratum Basale/Germinativum
Two layers of the Dermis
Papillary Region and Reticular Region
Shields exposed skin surface from harmful stimuli
Protectives
Absorbs moisture form skin and local wound, to discourage bacterial growth
Absorbents
Can alleviate irritation of mucous membrane
Demulcents
Fat or oily substances used to increase moisture content of skin
Emollients
Coagulate blood, help wounds and cuts heal quickly
Astringent
increase skin temperature by increasing circulation at the surface
Rubefacients
destroy skin at an applied sites (warts keratoses hyperplastic tissue)
Caustics
causes peeling of skin, useful in treatment of eczema, acne, etc.
Keratdytics
Topical Dosage forms ingredients
Base or body
Medicinal agent
Preservative
Semisolid preparations intended for external uses
Ointments
Ointment bases
Hydrocarbon
Absorption
Emulsion W/o
Emulsion o/w
Water miscible
Uses geometric dilution to add powder
Levigation
Incorporates wax and hard fusible bodies into soft oleaginous materials
Fusion
Opauque solids or thick liquids intended for external use.
Creams
Contains a large proportion of solid material than ointment
Paste
Gel classification
if the gel mass consists of a network of small inorganic discrete particles
two-phase system
gel classification
if the gel mass consists of a network of large organic particles
single-phase system
gel classification
contains water as part of base
Hydrogel
gel classification
contains hydrocarbons as main base
Organogel
soaking up liquid without a marked increase in volume
Imbibition
soaking up liquid with an increase in volume
swelling
gel exudes fluid-causing shrinkage
syneresis
viscous during storage but loses consistency and become fluid upon shaking
Thixotropy
liquid is removed form a gel, only the framework remains
xerogel
Gelling Agents
Alginic Acid
Carbomer
Cellulose Derviatives-CMC
Gum Arabic
Gelatine
Plastibase
Poloxamers
alcoholic vehicle
tincture
Outer Ear
Pinna/auricle
External Auditory Canal
Middle Ear
3 ossicles
opening of eustachian tube
Inner Ear
Receptors for hearing and balance
Vestibules
Semicircular Canals
An infection of the middle ear that is common in young children
Fluid builds up in middle ear
Otitis Media
Common in people who swim frequently or get the insides of their ears wet during showering or bathing
an infection of the lining of the external auditory canal.
Otitis Externa
Causes dizziness, ringing in the ear temporary hearing loss, and a felling of pressure or fullness in the ear.
No cure
Meniere's disease
Occurs when something prevents sound waves from reaching the receptors in the cochlea
Conductive Hearing Loss
Occurs when the receptors are unable to receive stimuli or transmit nerve impulses
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Lining of the cheek (usually btwn the check and gum)
Buccal
Ventral surface of the tongue and floor of mouth
Sublingual