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Prepared and formulated like hard candy
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Lozenges
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Compressed into a hard disc intended to dissolve slowly
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Troches
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Pleasant tasting tablets designed to disintegrate smoothly in the mouth.
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Chewable tablets
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Prepared by compressing the drug with effervescent salt mixtures
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Effervescent tablets
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tablet that is designed to disintegrate in the mouth before swallowing.
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Fast-dissolving tablets
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3 ways fast-dissolving tablets are created
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1.freeze drying
2.direct compression with special disintegrants 3.molding |
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Solid dosage forms of various weights and shapes usually medicated for insertion into the rectum vagina or the urethra
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suppositories
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What makes up a suppository
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Active ingredient
Additives Suppository Base |
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List oil-soluble suppository bases
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cocoa butter
synthetic triglycerides |
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List water soluble/water miscible suppository bases
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Glycerinated Gelatin
Polyehtylene Glycol (PEG) poylmers |
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Is used to determine how much of a base will be displaced by a drug
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Density Factor
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What is the rate limiting step for drugs to cross the skin?
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Stratum Cornea
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What are the units for flux?
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J= accumulation amount/ area*time
J=micromoles/cm2h |
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What are the units for Cv?
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micromoles/cm3
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Liquid preparations of topical drug delivery
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Liniments
Lotions Paints Ear drops |
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Other topical drug delivery systems
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gels
powders ointments creams aerosols Tapers Plasters |
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Skin Functions
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Protective Barrier
Homeostasis Sensory Secretory Excretory |
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Composed of layers of keratinocytes
Provides mechanical protection, prevents fluid loss, and keeps microorganisms form invading the body. |
Epidermis
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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
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Epidermal Layer
More common in thick skin Thin translucent lightly stained layer of non-nucleated cells |
Stratum Lucidum
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Epidermal Layer
3-5 lyaers of polygonal cells with central nuclei and many basophilic granules Contain proteins that bind keratin filaments together. |
Stratum Granulosum
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Epidermal Layer
Cuboidal, polygonal or sqamouns cells Desmosomes: cell to cell adhesion |
Stratum Spinosum
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Epidermal Layer
Cuboidal cells attached to basal lamina Mitotic single cell layer Merkel cells and melanocytes |
Stratum Basale/Germinativum
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Two layers of the Dermis
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Papillary Region and Reticular Region
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Shields exposed skin surface from harmful stimuli
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Protectives
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Absorbs moisture form skin and local wound, to discourage bacterial growth
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Absorbents
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Can alleviate irritation of mucous membrane
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Demulcents
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Fat or oily substances used to increase moisture content of skin
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Emollients
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Coagulate blood, help wounds and cuts heal quickly
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Astringent
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increase skin temperature by increasing circulation at the surface
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Rubefacients
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destroy skin at an applied sites (warts keratoses hyperplastic tissue)
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Caustics
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causes peeling of skin, useful in treatment of eczema, acne, etc.
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Keratdytics
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Topical Dosage forms ingredients
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Base or body
Medicinal agent Preservative |
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Semisolid preparations intended for external uses
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Ointments
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Ointment bases
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Hydrocarbon
Absorption Emulsion W/o Emulsion o/w Water miscible |
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Uses geometric dilution to add powder
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Levigation
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Incorporates wax and hard fusible bodies into soft oleaginous materials
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Fusion
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Opauque solids or thick liquids intended for external use.
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Creams
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Contains a large proportion of solid material than ointment
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Paste
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Gel classification
if the gel mass consists of a network of small inorganic discrete particles |
two-phase system
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gel classification
if the gel mass consists of a network of large organic particles |
single-phase system
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gel classification
contains water as part of base |
Hydrogel
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gel classification
contains hydrocarbons as main base |
Organogel
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soaking up liquid without a marked increase in volume
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Imbibition
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soaking up liquid with an increase in volume
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swelling
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gel exudes fluid-causing shrinkage
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syneresis
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viscous during storage but loses consistency and become fluid upon shaking
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Thixotropy
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liquid is removed form a gel, only the framework remains
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xerogel
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Gelling Agents
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Alginic Acid
Carbomer Cellulose Derviatives-CMC Gum Arabic Gelatine Plastibase Poloxamers |
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alcoholic vehicle
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tincture
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Outer Ear
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Pinna/auricle
External Auditory Canal |
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Middle Ear
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3 ossicles
opening of eustachian tube |
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Inner Ear
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Receptors for hearing and balance
Vestibules Semicircular Canals |
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An infection of the middle ear that is common in young children
Fluid builds up in middle ear |
Otitis Media
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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
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Causes dizziness, ringing in the ear temporary hearing loss, and a felling of pressure or fullness in the ear.
No cure |
Meniere's disease
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Occurs when something prevents sound waves from reaching the receptors in the cochlea
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Conductive Hearing Loss
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Occurs when the receptors are unable to receive stimuli or transmit nerve impulses
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss
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Lining of the cheek (usually btwn the check and gum)
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Buccal
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Ventral surface of the tongue and floor of mouth
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Sublingual
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