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FORMS OF MEDICATION
I. ORAL MEDICATIONS
A. Liquid Preparations
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tincture). Preparation is similar to fluid extracts, but the final
volume is “10” preparation.
13. Water (Aromatic) - a solution of a particular chemical or
substance in water.
14. Mucilage- an aqueous solution or mucilaginous or sticky
principle extracted from vegetable substances.
15. Suspension – finely divided drug particles dispersed in liquid
medium. When suspension is left standing, particles settle to
bottom of container. Commonly this is given orally not
intravenously.
B. Solid Preparations
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10. Caplet –solid dosage form for oral use; shaped like a capsule
and coated for ease of swallowing.
11. Enteric-coated tablet – tablet for oral use coated with
materials that do not dissolve in stomach; coatings dissolve in
intestine, where medication is absorbed.
III. Others
1. Solution – may be used orally, parenteral, or externally and it
can also be instilled into body organ or cavity. It contains water
with one or more dissolved compounds. It must be sterile for
parenteral use.
2. Glycerite – a solution medication combined with glycerin for
external use. It contains 50% glycerin.
3. Intraocular disk – a small, flexible oval consisting of two soft,
outer layers and a middle layer containing medication. When it
is moistened by ocular fluid, it releases medication for 1 week.
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