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Dosage and Routes
Ch. 6 Pharmacy Tech Review
Term | Definition |
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Additives | additional formulation aids that may be necessary for a successful preparation of the dosage form |
Diluents | additives used to increase the bulk weight or volume of a dosage form so that the dose of the active drug is more easily handled by the patient |
Excipients | inactive substances used as a carrier for the active ingredients of a medication |
Preservatives | substances that slow, minimize, or prevent the growth of bacteria or other microorganisms in the dosage form |
Capsules | solid dosage form enclosed within a gelatin shell |
Tablets | drugs formed in molds/die-punch compressions |
Lozenges | hard, oval, discoid solid dosage with a drug contained in a flavored sugar base |
Suppositories | designed for insertion into: Rectum, vaginal cavity, urethral tract |
Powders | Finely ground mixtures of dry drugs and inactive ingredients. |
Granules | wet powders that dry and ground into course pieces. |
Solutions | Homogenous mixtures of one or more dissolved medications in a liquid solvent. |
Nonaqueous solutions | Include Hydro-alcoholic and alcoholic solutions |