Monday, December 23, 2024

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Buccal and Sublingual Routes of Drug Administration: Advantages and Disadvantages

Routes of drug administration are the path by which a drug is introduced into the body. Certain tablets are intended not to be swallowed when…
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Oral Administration of Drugs:  Advantages and Disadvantages

Oral administration of drugs is the most common and acceptable route for drug administration, especially for out-patients. When possible, oral route usually abbreviated as p.o.…
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Powders Mixers: An Overview

Mixing of powders is probably one of the most widely performed unit operation in pharmaceutical manufacturing. This fact is still reflected in the design of…
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Powders Mixers: An Overview

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Problems Encountered During Trituration and Possible Solutions

As discussed in our article “Mixing of Pharmaceutical Powders in Small-Scale Operations”, trituration process involves direct rubbing or grinding of hard powder in a mortar…
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Mechanisms Involved in the Mixing of Pharmaceutical Powders

Powder mixing is an operation that aims to treat two or more components, initially in an unmixed or partially mixed state, so that each unit…
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Mixing of Pharmaceutical Powders in Small-Scale Operations

Mixing of pharmaceutical powder is a unit operation that serves to make two or more components uniformly distributed in the powder bed. In most cases,…
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Effervescent Salts

Effervescent salts (sometimes called effervescent powders) are a special type of bulk powders or granules containing sodium bicarbonate, a suitable organic acid (citric or tartaric),…
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Effervescent Salts

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Classification of Pharmaceutical Powders

Powders are solid dosage form containing dry mixtures of finely divided drug substance(s) and excipients intended for internal or external use. Although the use of…
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List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Philippines

This page contains a comprehensive list of pharmaceutical companies in Philippines. A. Menarini Philippines, Inc. Address: 4/F W Office Building, 11th Avenue, corner 28th Street,…
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Common Tooling Terminology

[caption id="attachment_4191" align="aligncenter" width="520"] Labeled diagram of a tablet press tooling[/caption] It is important for those working with a tablet press to be familiar with…
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Common Tooling Terminology

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Pharmaceutical Powders

Powders are solid dosage forms containing dry mixtures of finely divided medicinal and non-medicinal agents intended for internal or external use. It is a solid…
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Pharmaceutical Powders: An Overview

Powders represent one of the oldest and most conventional dosage forms. The term “powder” has more than one connotation in pharmacy. It may be used…
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Advancements in Pharmaceutical Suspensions and Their Patents

Pharmaceutical suspensions are dispersion of particulate drug(s) in a liquid medium (usually aqueous) in which the drug is not readily soluble. Doses formulated as suspensions…
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List of Universities Offering Pharmacy Programmes in Nigeria

According to Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), the following schools are accredited for training of pharmacists in Nigeria. 1. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State…
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Why Do the Effects of Drugs Vary Between Different People?

A drug is any substance that is used for cure, diagnosis, and prevention of diseases in man and other animals. For practical purposes, drugs and…
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Differences Between Hard Gelatin Capsules and Soft Gelatin Capsules

Capsules are the dosage forms in which the drug formulation in a powder, semisolid, or liquid form is enclosed in a shell. This shell is…
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High Blood Pressure Medications

Several antihypertensive drugs with different sites and mechanisms of action are now available. Nevertheless, none can be said to be the ideal antihypertensive drug. Drug…
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7 Non-drug Treatment Approaches for Hypertension

Lifestyle modifications are the foundation for preventing hypertension, and they are an important component of first-line therapy in all patients treated with antihypertensive drug therapy.…
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List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Egypt

This page contains a comprehensive list of pharmaceutical companies in Egypt. Adwia S.A.E Address: Behind El Obour Market 300 Street, Block 13007, 1st Industrial Zone,…
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16 Drugs That May Increase Blood Pressure

Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is a widespread epidemic that affects as many as 1.13 billion people worldwide and approximately 60 million adults…
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