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Pharmaceutical forms

By: Laura Arevalo & Daniela Ortegón. Section: 1108

Every pharmaceutical form is constituted by two fundamental parts: An active substance and an excipient or vehicle.
The pharmaceutical forms are classified according to the route of administration:

Oral: powders, granules, Rectal and vaginal: Topical and subcutaneous:


tablets, capsules, syrups, Suppositories, enemas, ovules, Ointments, creams, gels,
suspensions, emulsions vaginal tablets, pastes, patches,
intrauterine devices implants

Ophthalmic and otic: eye drops, Parenteral: Injectables for Inhalation: medicinal gases
ointments, emulsions, intravascular (intravenous, (anesthetics), aerosols.
ophthalmic inserts, intraarterial) or
drops. for extravascular route
(intradermal, subcutaneous,
intramuscular, intrathecal,
epidural, intraperitoneal)

References

Pharmaceutical form . Recovered from https://www.eupati.eu/glossary/pharmaceutical-form/

Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms. Recovered from https://www.academia.edu/7849805/Pharmaceutical_Dosage_Forms

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