PHA317 Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Calculations Laboratory II

[1–2, 1 cr.]

It is the second lab in a two-lab sequence designed to educate pharmacy students in the various dosage forms used to administer drugs to patients, is the core of compounding. It deals with the formulation, preparation, handling and evaluation of semisolid preparations such as ointments and creams, suppositories, parenterals, ophthalmic, optic and nasal preparations, and other topical products. This lab course is taken concurrently with PHA316 Dosage Forms II course. Techniques and principles used to prepare and dispense individual extemporaneous prescriptions, including calculations and labeling of compounded dosage forms, are covered. Moreover, pharmaceutical calculations are addressed particularly the systems of measurement and the calculations used in pharmacy practice such as ratio and proportion, reducing and enlarging formulas, dilution and concentration, aliquots, and specific gravity.

Co-requisites: PHA316 Dosage Forms II and Professional Year 1 status