PHARMACOLOGY

COURSE TASK 1
 FORM OF MEDICINE DOSAGE EXAMPLE OF DRUGS

1. Tablets

a.) Scored Tablet – a tablet with a.) 0.1 mg Clonidine HCl

vertical and horizontal lines to be - treats high blood
able to practice partitioning of a pressure by
tablet in order to obtain a lower dose decreasing your
or multiple smaller doses. heart rate and
relaxing the blood
vessels so that blood
can flow more easily
through the body.

b.) Layered tablet – compose of 2 or

b.) 15 mg/500 mg Metformin HCl
more layers of ingredients. They
Pioglitazone
consist of an active matrix core and
- Metformin and
one or more layers applied during
pioglitazone is a
tableting which may act as barriers
combination of two
and regulate drug release.
oral diabetes
medicines that help
control blood sugar
levels. Metformin
and pioglitazone is
used together with
diet and exercise to
improve blood sugar
control in adults
with type 2 diabetes mellitus who do not use daily
insulin injections.

2. Capsules

a.) Hard gelatin capsule – this capsule a.) 30 mg/kg/d Cefadroxil

is made of two parts, the body and - used to treat
the cap, each of a different color. certain infections
This form of capsule holds dry caused by
ingredients in powder form. bacteria such as
infections of the
skin, throat, tonsils, and urinary tract. Cefadroxil is in
 a class of medications
called cephalosporin
antibiotics. It works by
killing bacteria.

b.) Soft gelatin capsule – is a type of b.) 200 mg

capsule that is usually used to
contain medicine in the form of Ibufrofen
liquid or powder, and which - is an everyday painkiller
dissolves more quickly than a hard for a range of aches and
gelatin capsule. pains, including back pain,
period pain, toothache

c.) Sustained release capsule – is
designed to release a drug in the
body slowly over an extended
period of time.
c.) 270 mg / Ferrous Sulfate + Folic Acid
300mcg - This medication is an iron
supplement used to treat or
prevent low blood levels of iron (such as those caused
by anemia or during pregnancy).

3. Troches - A small medicated lozenge 10 mg Clotrimazole

designed to dissolve. For example, to - is an
soothe the throat as a cough drop. antifungal
Strictly speaking, a troche should be medicine. It is
circular since the word derives from used to
the Greek "trokhiskos" meaning "a treat certain
little wheel." kinds of
fungal or
yeast
infections of
the mouth.
1. 4. Suppositories - a solid medical 10 mg Dulcolax
preparation in a roughly conical or - is used for
cylindrical shape, designed to be inserted constipation.
into the rectum or vagina to dissolve.

5. Solutions – solutions are “liquid 10 mg / 5ml Nortriptyline HCl

preparations that contain one or more - is used to treat
chemical substances dissolved in a suitable depression. Nortriptyline
solvent or mixture of mutually miscible is in a group of
solvents” ( aqueous or non –aqueous) . It medications called
may be classified as oral, otic, ophthalmic, tricyclic antidepressants
or topical.

6. Suspension - a coarse dispersion in 250 mg / 5 ml Paracetamol

which internal phase (therapeutically active Biogesic
ingredient) is dispersed uniformly - a medication
throughout the external phase. that is typically
used to relieve
mild to moderate
pain such as
headache,
backache,
menstrual cramps,
muscular strain,
minor arthritis pain, toothache, and reduce fevers
caused by illnesses such as the common cold and flu.

7. Emulsion - a thermodynamically 500 mg / 50 ml Propofol - is

unstable two-phase system consisting of at given intravenously to
least two immiscible liquids, one of which induce anesthesia in
is dispersed in the form of small droplets surgical patients and to
throughout the other, and an emulsifying provide sedation for
agent. patients in the Intensive
Care Unit. It's the most
common induction
agent of anesthesia in
current use.
8. Topical dosage form

a.) Semisolid - semi-solid means one 50mg/g

substance which contains both solid
and liquid. Semisolid dosage forms
are also containing solid and liquid Dexpanthenol
both. These types of dosage forms - is used as a moisturizer to treat or prevent dry,
are viscous in nature. Normally used rough, scaly, itchy skin and minor skin irritations
for topical or external application.

b.) Topical patch - a medicated

adhesive patch that is placed on the
skin to deliver a specific dose of
medication through the skin and
into the bloodstream. Often, this
promotes healing to an injured area
of the body.

Methyl salicylate menthol

- is used to treat minor aches and pains of the
muscles/joints (such as arthritis, backache, sprains).
Menthol and methyl salicylate work by causing the
skin to feel cool and then warm.

9. Implants - Depot injections (typically Histrelin

oil suspensions that are injected into the implants –
muscle) and drug implants (larger polymer- Is used to treat
based implants that are surgically inserted central
under the skin) are long-acting forms of precocious
medications that are used to treat addiction. puberty (CPP; a
condition
causing children
to enter puberty
too soon, resulting in faster than normal bone growth
and development of sexual characteristics) in girls
usually between 2 and 8 years of age and in boys
usually between 2 and 9 years of age.

10. Parenteral Products

a.) Ampoules - An ampoule 150 mg/ml Paracetamol
(also ampul and ampule) is a small (Amcetam)
sealed vial which is used to contain - A medication that
and preserve a sample, usually a relieves pain and is
solid or liquid. Modern ampoules given through
are most commonly used to contain injection.
pharmaceuticals and chemicals that
must be protected from air and
contaminants.

b.) Vials - A vial (also known as 1 g powder Ceftazidime

a phial or flacon) is a small glass or - is used to
plastic vessel or bottle, often used treat certain infections caused by bacteria including
to store medication as liquids, pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract (lung)
powders or capsules. infections.