CAPSULES

Examples of some official capsules

Some medication commercially prepared into soft gelatin capsules

TABLETS
Examples of official tablets

Examples of Types of Tablets

1. Compressed: Actifed®, Thyroid®, and Synthroid®.

2. Film Coated: Erythrocin® filmtab, Tagame®t, and Elavil®

3. Enteric Coated: various brands of ASA , Slow-Fe, Losec, Salazopyrin®,
Entabs, Entrophen®, AltiErythromycin®, Sugar coated Advil,
M&Ms, Smarties, Chlortripolon®, Repetabs and Dimetapp®
“EXTENTABS”, Dixarit (small, blue, sugar coated tabs contg 0.025mg
Clonidine, Cytoxan®[cyclophosphamide], Ex-Lax®).
4. Chewable: Flintstone’s Multivitamins, TUMS, Vitamin C Chewable
Tablets, Dilantin®, Infatabs and Amoxil®, Chewable Tablets Pepcid®,
Complete Chewable Tablet.
5. Effervescent: Alka-Seltzer®, Gramcal®, Redoxon®, K-lyte ® Novartis
Phosphate.
6. Multilayered: Equagesic®, Dristan®, Robaxacet® and Robaxisal® and
Norgesic Forte®.
7. Sublingual/Buccal: nitroglcerin, atropine sulfate.
8. Tablet triturate or molded tablet: Urethral MUSE® Urethral Inserts
(Alprostadil [PGE])
9. Hypodermic: Morphine (replaced by powders/liquids in glass
ampules or vials)
10. Pills : Carter’s Little Liver Pills.

MODIFIED RELEASE DOSAGE FORMS

Proprietary Modified Release Oral Dosage Forms

OINTMENTS, CREAMS, GELS

Dermatologic Ointments & Creams by Therapeutic Category

TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Examples of Transdermal Drug Delivery systems

SUPPOSITORIES & INSERTS

Examples of Rectal Suppositories
Examples of Vaginal Suppositories and tablets
SOLUTIONS
Examples of Oral Solutions by category
Examples of Medicated Syrups by category
Examples of Medicated Elixirs by category
Examples of Solutions applied to the skin

DISPERSE SYSTEMS
Oral Suspensions by Category
Activity and HLB Value of Surfactants

PARENTERALS
Some Injections Usually packaged and administered in small volume
Examples of Irrigation Solutions