Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with known pharmacological properties but a raw chemical is of no use to a patient. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form such as a

• Tablet
• Capsule
  • Hard Capsule
  • Soft Capsule
  • Microencapsule
• Suppository
• Injection
• Pessary
• Cream
• Ointment
• Eye drop
• Ear drop
• Inhalation
• Nasal spray
• Transdermal patch
• Emulsion
• Suspension
• Dispersion
• Solution
• Implant
• Lotion
• Inserts
• Powder
• Gels
• Paste
• Novel drug delivery systems

Additional recommended knowledge

Weighing the right way

Daily Visual Balance Check

Daily Sensitivity Test

et cetera.

Branches of pharmaceutics include:

• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacodynamics
• Pharmacogenomics
• Pharmaceutical formulation
• Pharmaceutical technology

See also

• Pharmacy
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmaceutical company
• Nicholas Culpeper - 17th Century English Physician who translated and used 'pharmocological texts'.