age & health disorder
What patient factors should be considered when selecting a dosage form?
Children
_________ usually prefer liquids over solids or oral delivery.
Organoleptic properties
-properties of the drug molecule that include color, odor, and taste.
physiochemical considerations, biopharmaceutical considerations, determination of desired product
Three major aspects in dosage form design are:
medicines; drugs
All ______ are drug, but not all________ are medicine.
medicine
-the formulated form of drug having definite dose and dosages form which is used for prevention, diagnosis, control, and treatment of disease.
drug
-any chemical substance which when acts on the living body; alters the physiological process and is used for prevention, diagnosis, control, and treatment of disease.
new drug
-any drug that is not recognized among experts as being safe and effective under the conditions recommended for its use.
vehicle
-the dosage form that the patient is able to take safely.
pharmaceutical technology
•the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the process of transforming (making) a new chemical entity (NCE) or pure drug into a medication or drug product—That can be taken by the patient.
NCE, pre-formulation, formulation, preclinical, clinical, regulatory approval
What is the order of developing a dosage form?