Book Description
The most trusted source on the subject available today, Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 12th Edition equips pharmacy students with everything they need to master the intricacies of pharmaceutical dosage form design and production and achieve successful outcomes in their courses and beyond.
Reflecting the latest CAPE, APhA, and NAPLEX® competencies, this trusted, extensively updated resource clarifies the interrelationships between pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical principles, product design, formulation, manufacture, compounding, and the clinical application of the various dosage forms in patient care, as well as regulations and standards governing the manufacturing and compounding of pharmaceuticals.New and revised content throughout keeps students up to date with current approaches to key coverage areas, and additional case studies demonstrate concepts in action to reinforce understanding and prepare students for the clinical challenges ahead.
Table of Contents
SECTION I. Introduction to Drugs, Drug Dosage Forms, and Drug Delivery Systems
1. Introduction to Drugs and Pharmacy
2. New Drug Development and Approval Process
3. Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Current Good Compounding Practices
SECTION II. Drug Dosage Form and Drug Delivery System Design
4. Dosage Form Design: Pharmaceutical and Formulation Considerations
5. Dosage Form Design: Biopharmaceutical and Pharmacokinetic Considerations
SECTION III. Solid Dosage Forms and Solid Modified-Release Drug Delivery Systems
6. Powders and Granules
7. Capsules
8. Tablets
9. Solid Oral Modified-Release Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems
SECTION IV. Semisolid Dosage Forms and Transdermal Systems
10. Ointments, Creams, and Gels
11. Transdermals and Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
SECTION V. Suppositories, Inserts, and Sticks
12. Suppositories, Inserts, and Sticks
SECTION VI. Liquid Dosage Forms
13. Solutions
14. Disperse Systems
SECTION VII. Sterile Dosage Forms and Delivery Systems
15. Parenterals
16. Biologies
17. Special Solutions and Suspensions
SECTION VIII. Novel and Advanced Dosage Forms, Delivery Systems, and Devices
18. Radiopharmaceuticals
19. Products of Biotechnology
20. Novel Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Technologies
21. Clinical Pharmaceutics