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Prescription Writing 1. Solid Pharmaceutical Forms 1.1 Powders: (Pulvis-Nominative Singular, Pulveris - Genitive Singular), They Are Intended
Prescription Writing 1. Solid Pharmaceutical Forms 1.1 Powders: (Pulvis-Nominative Singular, Pulveris - Genitive Singular), They Are Intended
Prescription writing
1.1 Powders: (pulvis- nominative singular, Pulveris – genitive singular), they are intended
for internal and exernal use
If more than one dose is give we use the nomenclature D.t.d.N, Dentur tales doses numero (let
will be given such doses by number)
Powders from vegetative sources. The prescription begins with the word Pulveris and then the
part of the plant, example:
Fine and Hygroscopic powders are kept in waxed paper (Charta cerata) or paraffin paper
(Charta paraffinata) which is marked in the prescription. Example:
Rp.: Camphorae triae 0.2
D.t.d.N. 12 in charta cerata
S. In one powder three times a day
1.2 Capsules
Types pf capsules
1. Starchy capsules or oblatae – capsulae amylaceae, s. oblatae
2. Gelatinous capsules – capsulae gelatinosae. Hard – capsulae gelatinosae durae. Elastic –
capsulae gelatinosae molles, seu elasticae. With lid – capsulae gelatinosae operculatae
3. Glutoidous capsules – capsulae glutoidales, s. gelloduratae
4. Different synthetic capsules
Examples:
1.3 Tablets: (tabuletta – nom. Sing; tabulettan – accu sing; tabulettas – accu pl; tabulettis –
loc pl) Examples:
Or Rp.: Tabulettam
Platyphyllini hydrotartratis 0.005
cum Papaverini hydrochlorido 0.02
D. t. d. N. 10
S. In one tablet twice a day
1.4 Dragee: Dragee accu and Nom. For internal use, Examples:
1.6 Granules: granula – Nom sing; granulam – accu sing; granulas – accu pl, Examples:
2.1 Suppositories
2.2 Ointment
2.3 Pastes
If the paste is 50% powder, the officinal paste is prescribes in a short way
Dental Pastes
2.4 Liniments
Officinal creams are prescribed in shortened way with % of concentration of active ingredient
2.6 Gels
Officinal gels are prescribed in the shortened form with % concentration of active ingredient
2.7 Lotions: for external use. Lotions are prescribed in officinal form
Liquid medical forms include solutions, tinctures, infuses, decoctions, balsams, liquid extracts,
mixtures, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, juices, musses and other medicinal products. These
medical forms are dosed in milliliters, some of them – in drops. Liquid forms are better entering
into the blood, soaking up in the skin and acting more quickly, than solid medicinal forms.
3.1 Solutions: (Solutiones; solutio – nominative singular, solutionis –genitive singular)
Solutions are composed of active ingredients dissolved in a solvent. If solvent is not water, this
should be specified while composing a pharmaceutical form. If solvent is not specified in the
prescription, than solution is prepared on the distilled water
1 tablespoon = 15mL
1 teaspoon = 5mL
1 drop = 0.5mL
The name of prescription must include words “spirituosae”, “oleosae” if we use oil or alcohol as
solvent. Examples:
Oil emulsions are prescribed also by developed and reduced ways. Prescribing
emulsion by large-scale method we recalculate all components (oil, water and
emulsifier) with their quantity according to correlation after word Rp. Then write
down M.F. emulsum. D.S. and the way of application. Examples:
3.6 Liquid extracts (Extracta fluida) are the concentrated drawing usually
obtained from medicinal plant raw material. Extraction substances are water,
ethyl alcohol, hydroalcoholic solutions. All liquid extracts are officinal forms. They
are written out and prescribed the same way as the tinctures. Examples:
3.7 Mixtures (Mixturae) – liquid medical form consisting of the solvent (water,
aromatic distilled water, alcohol, infusions, decoction, emulsions, tinctures,
glycerin, etc) and two or more solid medical agents dissolved in or received by the
way of mixing some liquids. If mixture contains tincture, decoction, emulsion it is
necessary to write down their name on the first place. Examples:
Sirupus simplex – sugar syrup,
Sirupus Citri unshiu - peel mandarin syrup, Sirupus Rubi idaei – raspberries syrup,
Sirupus Cerasi – cherry syrup,
Sirupus Rhei, Sirupus Glycyrrhizae – lignorice root syrup
3.8 Injections - To the medical forms, which are intended for injections, belong:
sterilized water and solutions, suspensions, emulsions and also powders, and
tablets, which are dissolved in the appropriate dissolvent before injecting. They are
mainly used for hypodermic (subcutaneous), intramuscular, intravenous and intra-
arterial injections. Examples: