Drugs are substances that are used or intended to be used in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment or cure of diseases. In early times, these substances…
Drugs are chemical substances which by interacting with the biological systems produce some changes in them. There are a variety of drugs available for use…
Microorganisms, commonly called microbes, are organisms that are too small to be seen with unaided eye. These organisms differ enormously in terms of their shape,…
Hypertensive emergency is a clinical situation in which the elevated blood pressure (BP) is immediately life-threatening and needs to be lowered to a safe level…
Hypertension also called high blood pressure (HBP) is an important risk factor for the future development of cardiovascular disease. It may be defined as a…
Hypertension also known as high blood pressure (HBP) is a very common condition and an important risk factor for the future development of cardiovascular disease.…
The use of abbreviations is common on prescriptions and medication orders. Some are derived from the Latin through its historical use in medicine and pharmacy,…
Pharmaceutical suspensions are liquid dosage forms containing finely divided insoluble materials (the suspensoid) distributed somewhat uniformly throughout the suspending medium (suspending vehicle) in which the…
Liquid dosage forms in addition to drug substance also contain excipients which serve different and specialized pharmaceutical purposes in the formulation. These excipients in most…
Medical abbreviations and acronyms represent “acceptable” terms used by physicians and other health care professionals commonly as a reference to rapidly search and accurately record…
Liquid dosage forms are pourable pharmaceutical preparations which contain a mixture of drug substance and excipients dissolved or suspended in a suitable solvent or mixtures…
Liquid dosage forms are pourable pharmaceutical formulations which contain a mixture of active drug components and nondrug components (excipients) dissolved or suspended in a suitable…
Capsules are solid dosage forms in which the drug formulation in a powder, solution or suspension, a combination of miscible liquid, or a simple liquid…
Among solid dosage forms, the capsule is second only to the compressed tablet in frequency of utilization for drug delivery, and the hard shell capsule…
Soft gelatin capsules (sometimes referred to as softgels) consist of a hermetically sealed outer shell of gelatin that encloses a liquid or semisolid medicament in…
Soft gelatin capsules as defined in our previous “Soft Gelatin Capsules: Formulation and Manufacturing Considerations”, are hermetically sealed one-piece capsules containing a liquid or a…
