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Introduction to Dosage Forms

The document discusses dosage forms, including their classification and definitions. It introduces dosage forms and explains the need for them, describing how active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients are used. It also classifies different types of dosage forms like tablets, capsules, mixtures, and suppositories. Examples are provided for some classifications like effervescent tablets, chewable tablets, and lozenges. Advantages and disadvantages of suppositories are outlined.

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Introduction to Dosage Forms

The document discusses dosage forms, including their classification and definitions. It introduces dosage forms and explains the need for them, describing how active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients are used. It also classifies different types of dosage forms like tablets, capsules, mixtures, and suppositories. Examples are provided for some classifications like effervescent tablets, chewable tablets, and lozenges. Advantages and disadvantages of suppositories are outlined.

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UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1.

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DOSAGE FORM: INTRODUCTION TO DOSAGE
FORMS, CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITIONS

By
Dr. Sabitri Bindhani
Lecturer in pharmaceutics
University Department of pharmaceutical
sciences, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
INTRODUCTION OF DOSAGE
FORM
Need of dosage form
API (Active pharmaceutical ingredient) and
excipients
EXCIPIENT TYPES
Classification of dosage form
Classification and example
Effervescent tablet
Chewable tablet
Lozenges
Pastilles
• Mixtures: A mixture is a liquid preparation meant for oral administration in
which medicament or medicaments are dissolved, suspended or dispersed
in suitable vehicle
Suppository
Suppositories are solid or
stiffened semi solid dosage
forms intended for insertion
into body orifices (rectum,
vagina, urethra) where they
melt, soften, or dissolve and
exert a local or systemic effect.
Advantages

Disadvantages

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