Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems

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.

Table Of Contents

Preface

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

OUR VISITORS OPINIONS

There are no opinions yet. Please be the first to add one.

write a review