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A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances = medication particles EVENLY distributed in
liquid = should be CLEAR - ✔✔Solution
water is the vehicle; gargles, oral rinses, washes, douches, irrigants, enemas, sprays - ✔✔Aqueous
solutions
washes/mouthwashes - ✔✔used to cleanse or bathe body part
douche - ✔✔placed into body cavity or against body part to clean it
irrigant - ✔✔wash or cleanse part of body; ex is a balanced salt solution (BSS); used in larger
amounts that douches
enema - ✔✔solutions squeezed through tube into rectum to empty lower intestinal tract or treat
disease there
medication dissolved in a concentrated sugar solution and purified water (viscous aqueous) -
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✔✔Syrup
semisolid with high liquid content (viscous aqueous) - ✔✔jellies
alcohol and water mixture including elixirs and spirits - ✔✔Hydroalcoholic
clear, sweet flavored hydroalcoholic mixture for oral use - ✔✔elixir
collodion - ✔✔liquid preparation of pyroxylin dissolved in ethyl ether and ethanol that when applied
to skin, the ether & ethanol evaporate and leave pyroxylin film
Solutions or mixtures of medicinal substances in not less than 50% by weight of glycerin -
✔✔glycerites
extractive; includes extracts, tinctures, fluidextracts - ✔✔concentrated preparations of materials
found in plant or animal tissue; removed by soaking in solvent then solvent evaporated away
differ by strength/potency: extracts (2-6x as potent as raw drug), tincture (100 mg of raw drug),
fluidextracts (more potent than tinctures, 1000 mg of drug) - ✔✔difference between extracts,
tinctures, and fluidextracts
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emulsions - ✔✔dispersion of droplets (internal phase) in another liquid; comes in O/W (oil droplets)
or W/O
Suspensions - ✔✔mixtures of fine particles of undissolved solid spread through liquid/gas; includes
lotions, magmas/milks, gels, mucilage
magmas and milks - ✔✔thick, jelly-like suspensions of undissolved drugs in water
gels - ✔✔suspended particle size smaller than magmas and milks
mucilage - ✔✔thick gummy liquids
molded tablet - ✔✔made from wet materials made into paste and placed in mold
compressed tablet - ✔✔pressing powders, crystals, or granules into solid shape with high pressure
die pouch
enteric coated - ✔✔protects lining of stomach from irritation
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sublingual - ✔✔beneath the tongue
buccal - ✔✔between cheek and gum
effervescent tablets - ✔✔contain ingredients that bubble and release active drug when placed in
liquid
capsule - ✔✔solid form where drug is packaged in gelatin shell made of animal protein
hard gelatin capsule - ✔✔2 piece oblong shells filled with powder; can be opened or inhaled
soft gelatin capsule - ✔✔ingredients in gelatin that make it soft, squeezable capsule, cannot be
opened
caplets - ✔✔coated for easy swallowing capsules
lozenge - ✔✔disk shaped solid forms that contain med in sugar; sucked in mouth
suppository - ✔✔inserted into rectum, vagina, or urethra and is melted upon entry to body
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