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Routes & Dosages

Routes and Dosage Formulations

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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.
Created by: Rena83
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