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Routes & Dosages
Routes and Dosage Formulations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chewable Tablets | Chewed instead of swallowed. Most common in pediatric medication. Examples: aspirn, Anatacids,children's vitamins |
| Effervescent Tablets | Dissolved in liquid before the patient takes the medication (Quicker absorption) Ex: Alka-Seltzer |
| Sublingual Tablets | Are placed under the tongue then absorbed through the lining of the mouth and into the blood stream. |
| Buccal Tablets | disintergrated in the mouth in the lining of the check and the absorbed into the bloodstream. |
| Tablets | Solid medications compacted into small formed shapes varying in size, weight, hardness and thickness. |
| What are some Common Dosage Forms? (5) | Tablets, Capsules, Liquids, Lozenges, Ointments and Creams |
| Name 2 types of Tablets | 1. Molded 2. Compressed |
| What are Dosage Formulations? | How the medication is prepared |
| What are molded Tablets? | Made using mold and wet materials Ex: Nitroglycern Tablets |
| What are the two primary dosage forms? | 1) soild 2) liquid |
| What are compressed Tablets? | Have a film sugar coating or enteric coating outside of the tablet |
| Lozenges | Also known as torches and pastilles that are used to deliver a variety of therapeutic remedies to the patients mouth and throat. |
| What are the four types of Ointments? | 1)Oleaginous Ointments 2)Emulsions 3)Anhydrous Ointments 4)Water Soluble Ointments |
| Soft Gelatin Shells | two halves joined together filled with powder, paste or liquid medications that cant be broken apart. |
| Ointments | They function to deliver medication to the skin, to lubricate and protect the skin. |
| Creams | - Semi-Solid Mediactions used to soothe, dry, cool and or protect the skin. - They can be a oil in water base or a water in oil base |
| Hard Gelatin Shells | - Two oblong halves joined together - filled with powder to be swollowed or broken apart before adminstered |
| Emulsions | Are liquid mixtures that usually do not mix together. Ex:water and oil |
| What are Solutions? | A dosage form in which the medication is completely disolved and evenly distributed in a homogenous mixture. |
| Aqueous Solutions | Puified Water is used as the solvent Avaiable for oral, topical and injectable. |
| Anhydrous Ointments | Soften and moisturize the skin and turn into a water and oil emulsion as thry absorb water. |
| Emulsions | Contains water and oil |
| What are Solutions? | A dosage form in which the medication is completely disolved and evenly distributed in a homogenous mixture. |
| Name the two types of Emulsion | 1) Oil in Water 2) Water in Oil |
| Oleaginous Ointments | Soothe and cool the skin by protectimg the surface from air. |
| Irrigating Solutions | solutions of antibotics and antimicrobial medication to rid sites of infection. |
| What is the difference between Oleaginous ointments and Anhydrous Ointments? | Oleaginous solutions repell water and Anhydrous absorb water. |
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Rena83
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