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Lecture01introductiontopharmacy 151120164739 Lva1 App6891
Lecture01introductiontopharmacy 151120164739 Lva1 App6891
Introduction to Pharmacy
Pakistan Pharma Career Door is thankful to Madam Kashifa Khanam for giving her
precious time. She is currently affiliated with Hilton Pharmaceuticals and serving
as Manager Quality Assurance. She completed her Bachelors in Pharmacy and then
thirst for knowledge lead her to completion of her Masters in Business
Administration (MBA). When she came to know about the mission and vision of
Pakistan Pharma Career Door, she showed her will to join as facilitator. Hope you
will all enjoy the slides.
Feel free to ask any question relating to course at numbers provided you to.
Best of Luck!
PHARMACY IS;
• GENERAL SENSE
• PROFESSIONAL SENSE
MEDICINE OR DRUGS
PHARMACY
DRUG MEDICINE
A DRUG IS ANY SUBSTANCE THAT A MEDICINE IS ANY DRUG WHICH
ACT ONLIVING BODY TO ALTER THE HAS A DEFINITE FORM & DOSE AND
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
ATOMIC PHYSICS
PHARMACOKINETICS
absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
PHARMACOKIENETICS
ABSORPTION
DISTRIBUTION
ELIMINATION
PHARMACOKIENETICS MODEL
COMPARTMENTAL,
PHYSIOLOGICAL.
PHARMACODYNAMICS
STORAGE COMPATIBILITY
RATE OF DEGRADATION ACTIVE VS. ACTIVE VS.
(EXPIRY) “INERT” INGREDIENTS
LIQUID/SOLID?
CONTAINER (AGAIN)
WHAT CONDITIONS?
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
WHAT CONTAINER
HOW INERT IS IT? WHAT IS
THE RISK FOR
CONTAMINATION?
DOSAGE FORM DESIGN
ORGANOLEPTIC
CONSIDERATIONS MANUFACTURING
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, FOR A POWDER, HOW WELL
TASTE, SMELL, TACTILITY, DOES IT FLOW?
SIZE
“PHARMACEUTICAL
ELEGANCE”
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW TO DESIGN A
DOSAGE FORM
BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE
WHAT IS THE INTENDED SITE OF ACTION?
DRUG
SYSTEMIC? TOPICAL?
REACTIVITY, STABILITY
WHERE/HOW WELL IS THE DRUG
ABSORBED?
SOLUBILITY, ACID/BASE, SOLID STATE
WHAT IS THE INTENDED ONSET OF
BEHAVIOR
ACTION?
IMMEDIATE-RELEASE, SUSTAINED-
RELEASE, PULSE RELEASES
DOSAGE FROMS
POWDER TABLETS
ACCORDING TO THE USP, TABLETS ARE
WHEN THE TERM ‘‘POWDER’’ IS
SOLID DOSAGE FORMS, CONTAINING
REFERRED TO AS A DOSAGE FORM, MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES WITH OR
CAPSULES SUPPOSITORIES
A SUPPOSITORY IS A DRUG
CAPSULES ARE SOLID DOSAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT IS INSERTED
INTO THE RECTUM (RECTAL
FORMS IN WHICH THE DRUG
SUPPOSITORY), VAGINA (VAGINAL
SUPPOSITORY) OR URETHRA
SUBSTANCE IS ENCLOSED IN EITHER
(URETHRAL SUPPOSITORY), WHERE
A HARD OR SOFT, SOLUBLE IT DISSOLVES OR MELTS AND IS
ABSORBED INTO THE BLOOD
CONTAINER OR SHELL OF A STREAM. THEY ARE USED TO
DELIVER BOTH SYSTEMICALLY AND
SUITABLE FORM OF GELATIN. LOCALLY ACTING MEDICATIONS.
DOSAGE FORM
TOPICAL
(OINTMENT, CREAM, GEL, ETC.) AEROSOLE
THE TERM AEROSOL IS USED TO
MEDICATIONS ARE APPLIED TO THE DENOTE VARIOUS SYSTEMS
RANGING FROM THOSE OF A
SKIN OR ITS APPENDAGES OR COLLOIDAL NATURE TO SYSTEMS
CONSISTING OF PRESSURIZED
INSERTED INTO BODY ORIfiCES IN PACKAGES. AEROSOLS HAVE BEEN
DEfiNED AS COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS
LIQUID, SEMISOLID, OR SOLID CONSISTING OF VERY fiNELY
SUBDIVIDED LIQUID OR SOLID
FORM. PARTICLES, DISPERSED IN AND
SURROUNDED BY A GAS.
DOSAGE FORM
LIGHT
UV
RAYS
ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION
ORAL
PARENTERAL
IV, IM, SC, ETC.
OPHTHALMIC, OTIC
NASAL
RECTAL, VAGINAL, URETHRAL
BUCCAL
TOPICAL
ANALYSIS OF PHARMACEUTICL PRODUCTS
AND WITH THEIR OWN INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, HAS DEVELOPED
RESPONSIBILITIES.
PRODUCT.
FIRMS MUST DECIDE UPON THE EXACT ROLES THEY WISH QC AND QA TO