Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems

by Ansel, Howard C.; Popovich, Nicholas G.; Allen, Loyd V.

• ISBN13: 9780683001938
• ISBN10: 0683001930
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Readers will find this book to be the most comprehensive source on pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. "Physical Pharmacy Capsules" highlight key concepts with boxes, providing easy reference. Reflecting traditional pharmaceutics pedagogy, the new edition is organized by dosage form rather than by route of administration.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Drugs and Pharmacy	1	(20)
CHAPTER 2 New Drug Development and Approval Process	21	(34)
CHAPTER 3 Dosage Form Design: Biopharmaceutic Considerations	55	(44)
CHAPTER 4 Dosage Form Design: General Considerations, Pharmaceutic Ingredients, and Current Good Manufacturing Practice	99	(56)
CHAPTER 5 Peroral Solids, Capsules, Tablets, and Controlled-Release Dosage Forms	155	(71)
CHAPTER 6 Oral Solutions, Syrups, and Elixirs	226	(27)
CHAPTER 7 Oral Suspensions, Emulsions, Magmas, and Gels	253	(33)
CHAPTER 8 Parenteral Medications and Sterile Fluids	286	(51)
CHAPTER 9 Biotechnology and Drugs	337	(20)
CHAPTER 10 Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems, Ointments, Creams, Lotions, and Other Preparations	357	(39)
CHAPTER 11 Ophthalmic, Nasal, Otic, and Oral Preparations Applied Topically	396	(28)
CHAPTER 12 Suppositories and Other Rectal, Vaginal, and Urethral Preparations	424	(19)
CHAPTER 13 Aerosols, Inhalations, and Sprays	443	(17)
CHAPTER 14 Radiopharmaceuticals and Miscellaneous Preparations	460	(14)
APPENDIX	474	(23)
I. Definitions of Selected Drug Categories	474	(11)
II. Systems and Techniques of Pharmaceutical Measurement	485	(12)
INDEX	497