Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing

First Edition

Publication Date	July 2006
Publisher	Pharmaceutical Press
Product Type	Book
Pages	304
ISBN Number	085369575X
Product Code	PHP00053

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£39.95
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Pharmacists have been responsible for compounding medicines for centuries and there is currently a dearth of current information on the topic, yet it is still taught in schools of pharmacy and required in community and hospital departments and by "specials" manufacturers and in development of new products in industry.

This is a modern, detailed and practical guide to the theory and practice of extemporaneous compounding and dispensing, which will equip readers with the knowledge required for producing extemporaneous formulations safely and effectively.

This book includes extra features:

• Supplementary CD-ROM features video clips of techniques described in the book and extra colour photographs
• 'Video links' in the text refer the reader to the relevant clip on the CD
• Includes extemporaneous formulae not available in other texts

Who should buy this book:

Pharmacy students and trainee pharmacy technicians, community and hospital pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.

1. Historical perspective
2. Obsolete dosage forms, equipment and methods of preparation
3. Historical weights and measures

Part 2. Pharmaceutical Forms and Their Preparation

4. Key formulation skills
5. Extemporaneous dispensing
6. Solutions
7. Suspensions
8. Emulsions
9. Creams
10. Ointments, pastes and gels
11. Suppositories and pessaries
12. Powders and capsules
13. Specialised formulation issues