what is dosageform? How many types
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Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products in the form in which they are marketed for use, with a specific mixture of active ingredients and inactive components (excipients), in a particular configuration (such as a capsule shell, for example), and apportioned into a particular dose.
TYPES OF DOSAGE FORM........
Waters are aqueous solutions of volatile substances, usually volatile oils. They are excellent solvents for saline drugs such as salicylates. They are used as vehicles in prescriptions intended for digestive disorders. Typical waters are peppermint, cinnamon and spearmint.
Syrups are solutions of flavouring or medicinal substances in a nearly saturated solution of sucrose in water. Members of flavouring syrups are cheery, tolu etc. flavouring agents are mainly used to mask nauseating medicines.
Elixirs are hydroalcoholic solutions of medicinal substances sweetened and flavoured. Aromatic elixir, simple elixir, orange elixir is the main solvent of this class. Elixirs are excellent solvents for many drugs and mask the disagreeable odours and tastes of many substances dissolved in them for example phenobarbital elixir.
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
The aqueous solutions can be divided into two categories.
The first is the class of dosage form known as a solution and is intended for oral use. The second is the class known as an injection and is intended for parenteral use, ie., to be injected under the skin or into the muscles or veins.
Injections are a class of sterile liquids or suspensions which are packaged in containers (sealed glass ampoules or vials) which will maintain the sterility and are intended for parenteral administration
TYPES OF DOSAGE FORM........
Waters are aqueous solutions of volatile substances, usually volatile oils. They are excellent solvents for saline drugs such as salicylates. They are used as vehicles in prescriptions intended for digestive disorders. Typical waters are peppermint, cinnamon and spearmint.
Syrups are solutions of flavouring or medicinal substances in a nearly saturated solution of sucrose in water. Members of flavouring syrups are cheery, tolu etc. flavouring agents are mainly used to mask nauseating medicines.
Elixirs are hydroalcoholic solutions of medicinal substances sweetened and flavoured. Aromatic elixir, simple elixir, orange elixir is the main solvent of this class. Elixirs are excellent solvents for many drugs and mask the disagreeable odours and tastes of many substances dissolved in them for example phenobarbital elixir.
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
The aqueous solutions can be divided into two categories.
The first is the class of dosage form known as a solution and is intended for oral use. The second is the class known as an injection and is intended for parenteral use, ie., to be injected under the skin or into the muscles or veins.
Injections are a class of sterile liquids or suspensions which are packaged in containers (sealed glass ampoules or vials) which will maintain the sterility and are intended for parenteral administration
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