L5 Pharmacokinetics & formulations
4 important questions on L5 Pharmacokinetics & formulations
Main routes of drug application and elimination
Pharmaceutical ingredients can save several functions
- Solubilize
- suspend
- thicken
- dilute
- emulsify
- stabilize
- preserve
- color
- flavor
- fashion medicinal agents into efficacious and appealing dosage forms
Most common dosage forms: tablets; why?
- Convenient
- relatively stable
- easily administered
- palatable
- flexible
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Reasons to consider to use of a controlled release oral formulation
- Stability - factors
- gastro - intestinal side-effects
- pharmacokinetic properties (short t1/2)
- pharmacokinetic - therapeutic properties: narrow therapeutic index
- therapeutic reasons: need for constant blood levels?
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