Pharmacy
profession: Pharmacy as a career,
Pharmaceutical Education, Registration as a Pharmacist, Brief introduction to
Evolution of Pharmacy, European and American Pharmacy. Pharmacopoeia (IP, BP,
USP and International) and other sources, SI and imperial systems, inter
conversions. Weighing - selection and care of weights and balances. Sensitivity
and minimum weighable quantities.
Pharmaceutical
calculations: Calculations of doses,
enlarging and reducing recipes; Percentage solutions, alligation, alcohol
dilutes and proof spirit.
Prescription: Definition, Parts, sources of errors and care
required in dispensing prescriptions, General Dispensing procedures, types of
dispensing products. Dispensing of proprietary medicine. Prescription
containers, closures and labeling of dispensed products, colors, flavors and
sweeteners used in prescription.
Dosage
form: Definition, Advantages and
limitations of dosage form.
Principles
involved and procedures adopted in preparation, labeling and dispensing of
typical products (Unit III-IV). Uses of official and other products in common
use.
Liquid
preparation: Aromatic waters,
spirits, solutions, mixtures, syrups, elixirs, suspension, emulsion, lotions,
liniments, eye, ear and nasal drops, inhalations, throat paints, gargles,
glycerin and collodions.
Semisolids: Ointments and their bases, creams, jellies,
suppositories and their bases, effervescent granules, tablet tritrates,
pastilles, lozenges and pills.
Incompatibilities: Physical, Chemical and Therapeutic incompatibilities.
Methods of overcoming and handling of incompatible prescriptions.
Tinctures and Extracts: Methods of preparation and uses of Tinctures &
Extracts official in IP.
Medicinal Gases:
Official medical gases and uses, containers and fitting, handling and
storage.
Radio
Pharmaceuticals: Preparation,
Therapeutic and Diagnostic uses.