Long established as a core text for pharmaceutics courses, this book is the most comprehensive source on pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. Content coincides with the CAPE, APhA, and NAPLEX® competencies.
This edition includes updated drug information and has an increased focus on physical pharmacy. Coverage incorporates all new dosage forms on the market as well as those in the current US Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary. Updated photos are included. An "Applying the Principles and Concepts" section at the end of each chapter provides activities for the application of the material.
A companion website includes the fully searchable text and a quiz bank with more than 200 questions written in NAPLEX® format.
Key Features
- NEW! Increased focus on physical pharmacy.
- NEW! An "Applying the Principles and Concepts" section at the end of each chapter that provides faculty and students with group and individual activities for the application of the material in each chapter.
- NEW! Chapter objectives that inform students what they will master in each chapter.
- NEW! Includes updated photos.
- Pharmaceutical and clinical case studies throughout the text introduce additional scientific principles and enhance the integration of the pharmaceutical sciences with pharmaceutical technology.
Contents
- List of Physical Pharmacy Capsules
Section I. INTRODUCTION TO DRUGS, DRUG DOSAGE FORMS AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- 1. Introduction to Drugs and Pharmacy
- 2. New Drug Development and Approval Process
- 3. Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Current Good Compounding Practices
Section II. DRUG DOSAGE FORM AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM DESIGN
- 4. Dosage Form Design: Pharmaceutical and Formulation Considerations
- 5. Dosage Form Design: Biopharmaceutical and Pharmacokinetic Considerations
Section III. SOLID DOSAGE FORMS AND SOLID MODIFIED-RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- 6. Powders and Granules
- 7. Capsules
- 8. Tablets
- 9. Solid Oral Modified-Release Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems
Section IV. SEMISOLID DOSAGE FORMS AND TRANSDERMAL SYSTEMS
- 10. Ointments, Creams, and Gels
- 11. Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
Section V. PHARMACEUTICAL INSERTS
- 12. Suppositories and Inserts
Section VI. LIQUID DOSAGE FORMS
- 13. Solutions
- 14. Disperse Systems
Section VII. STERILE DOSAGE FORMS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
- 15. Parenterals
- 16. Biologics
- 17. Special Solutions and Suspensions
Section VIII. NOVEL AND ADVANCED DOSAGE FORMS, DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES
- 18. Radiopharmaceuticals
- 19. Products of Biotechnology
- 20. Novel Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems
APPENDICES
- A. Definitions of Selected Drug Categories
- B. Glossary of Pharmaceutical Terms
- C. Systems and Techniques of Pharmaceutical Measurement
Index
Product Details
- Paperback: 720 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781779340
- ISBN-13: 978-0781779340
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
List Price: $67.95