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1
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What are 3 types of liquid dosage forms?

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SolutionEmulsionSuspension

2
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What is the definition of a solution?

A

A homogeneous molecular dispersion

3
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What is the definition of an emulsion?

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System of 2 immiscible liquids where one is dispersed as dropletsOil in water, water in oil

4
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What is the definition of a suspension?

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Solid in water or oil

5
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What are 3 advantages of Solution dosage forms?

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Homogeneous- No content uniformity issuesGood bioavailabilityEasy to manufacture

6
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What are the 6 components of a solution?

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Active ingredientSolventBufferPreservativeAntioxidant- Chelating agentFlavor/sweeteners

7
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What is the definition of a buffer?

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A solution of a weak acid and the salt of its conjugate base

8
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What is the function of the weak acid component in a buffer?

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It removes the added base (OH-)

9
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What is the function of the salt component in the buffer?

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It removes the added acid (H+)

10
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What is the definition of buffering capacity?

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The ability of buffer to resist a change in pH due to addition of acid or base

11
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What does C stand for in the buffering capacity equation?

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C= Total buffer concentrationC = [HA] + {A-]

12
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What are 4 common buffers?

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Citric acidacetic acidglycinephosphoric acid

13
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What are 2 things to keep in mind when selecting a buffer?

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  1. Use a pH that provides maximum drug stability2. Minimize irritation by making pH equal to that of the body fluid
14
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What are 3 things you can do to minimize irritation when the pH cannot be matched to the surrounding fluid?

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  1. Minimize buffering capacity2. Reduce volume3. Administer slowly
15
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What is the purpose of antimicrobial preservatives?

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  1. Protects the patient from pathogens2. Maintains the potency and stability of dosage forms
16
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What is the mechanism behind antimicrobial preservatives?

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Adsorb to the bacterial membrane and disrupt it- often lyse the bacteria or prevent proliforation

17
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What are the properties of the bacterial membrane that preservatives use to bind?

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The negatively charged surface membrane and the lipophilicity of the membrane allows for hydrophobic interactions

18
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Which antimicrobial preservatives use the lipid solubility to bind?

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Alcohols, acids, esters

19
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Which antimicrobial preservatives use the electostatic interactions to bind?

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Quaternary ammonium compounds

20
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How much bacterial content is allowed in ampules- injectable solutions?

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None, solution must be sterileFor single dose vials no preservative is needed

21
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How much bacterial content is allowed in multiple dose vials?

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None, must be sterileMay contain up to 10 doses, require preservatives

22
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How much bacterial content is allowed in opthalmic solutions?

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None, must be sterileMust contain a preservative if packaged in a multiple dose container

23
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How much bacterial content is allowed in oral liquids?

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Less than 100 pathogens/1 mLNeed preservatives for multiple dose packages

24
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How much bacterial content is allowed in oral solids?

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Less likely to carry bacteria than liquid formsCan be contaminated with salmonellaCheck raw materials and make sure facility is clean

25
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Characteristics of ideal preservatives?

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  1. Effective in low concentrations against a wide variety of organisms2. Soluble in formulation3. Non toxic4. Stable
26
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List 5 pharmaceutical preservatives?

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  1. Alcohols2. Acids3. Parabens4. Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
27
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Characteristics of ethanol as a preservative?

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Requires a concentration of greater than 15 percentoral products onlycan be lost because it is so volatile

28
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Characteristics of Benzyl Alcohol as a preservative?

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Local anethetic actionBurning taste- not used orallyWater soluableStable over wide pH rangeHighly used in parenterals

29
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Characteristics of acids as preservatives?

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Only active in the unionized form - lipid soluable because they have more affinity for the microbial membrane

30
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What products are Benzoic acid utilized in?

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Oral products

31
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What products are Sorbic acid utilized in?

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Oral products (excellent for molds/yeast)

32
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Characteristics of Parabens as preservatives?

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Widely used orallyLipophillic and less lipophillic varieties (depends on length of hydrocarbon R group) low soluabilityCan cause skin sensitization when used dermatologically

33
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What factors effect the action of preservatives?

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pH (ionized vs. unionized acids)Complex formation (can’t be used when complexed)Adsorption by solidsChemical stability (shelf life)

34
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How can oxidation be prevented?

A

Add excipients

35
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What excipients can be used to prevent oxidation?

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Vitamins, essential oils, fats, oils

36
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What are the 2 kinds of oxidation?

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Auto- Oxidation (spontaneous)heat/light/metal/peroxide initiated (creates free radicals)

37
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What are the 3 kinds of antioxidants?

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Free radical scavengersreducing agentschelating agents

38
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Mechanism for Free radical scavengers?

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Retard/delay oxidation by rapildy reacting with free radicals

39
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Mechanism for reducing agents?

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Lower redox potential than the drug so it is more readily oxidized

40
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Mechanism for chelating agents?

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antioxidant syngergists, remove trace minerals

41
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What are the 2 phases of an emulsion?

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dispersed phasecontinuous phase

42
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What properties of the emulsion does the continuous phase dictate?

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the organoleptic propertiestaste, smell, feel

43
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What forms can an emulsion come in?

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oral, external, IV

44
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Can oils be injected IV?

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Yes- if can make it as an emulsion

45
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How are forces dispersed in the bulk phase of an emulsion?

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Molecules are all attracted to each other equally in all directions

46
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How are forces dispersed at the boundary phase of an emulsion?

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Forces are unequal, molecules all exhibit different forceswater- H bond, oil- london dispersion forces

47
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What is interfactial tension?

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Caused by the imbalance between force dispersion between the bulk phase and the boundary phase- result is constant spontaneous mvmt between phases and fewer molecules at the interface per unit area- increasing the area of contact btw the 2 phases creates tension-** the force of this tension per unit length of interface is Interfacial tension

48
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What kind of tension is interfacial tension?

A

Liquid- liquid

49
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What kind of tension is Surface tension?

A

liquid- air tension

50
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What increases interfacial tension?

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Stronger intermolecular forces in the bulk phase(intermolecular forces are reduced at high temp)

51
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What are the 3 types of emulsifying agents?

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Surfactive agentshydrophilic colloidsfinely divided solid particles

52
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What class does surfactants fall into, amphiphillic, hydrophillic or hydrophobic?

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Amphiphillic

53
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What affect does high surfactant concentration have on surface tension>

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it reduces surface tension (to a certian point- critical micelle concentration)

54
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What is hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB)?

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A measure of the relative contributions of the hydrophillic and lipophillic regions of a surfactant- ranges from 0-20 for nonionic surfactants

55
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Low HLB = ______ lipid solubility?

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Greater

56
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What does “a” stand for in the HLB equation?

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“a”= fraction of surfactant 1 in the surfactant mixture

57
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What happens when the surfactant concentration increases above the critical micelle concentration?

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The surfactant molecules self associate into micelles

58
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What emulsions are hydrophilic colloids used in?

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O/W emulsions

59
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How do hydrophilic colloids work?

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They increase the viscocity of water and form a multimolecular film on the surface

60
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Do hydrophilic colloids lower interfacial tension?

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NO

61
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How do finely divided solid particles work?

A

They adsorb at the interface and form a film of particlesHydrophilic and hydrophobic forms

62
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HLB greater than 10

A

W/O

63
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HLB less than 10

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O/W

64
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When is a finely divided solid particle hydrophillic?

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if the contact angle is less than 90 degreesO/w

65
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When is a finely divided solid particle hydrophobic?

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if the contact angle is greater than 90 degreesW/O

66
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What is the Phase volume ratio?

A

Volume of Oil phase/Total volume of the emulsion

67
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Phase volume ratio of 0-26%?

A

O/W

68
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Phase volume ratio of 26-74%?

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Either O/W or W/O

69
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Phase volume ration of 74-100%?

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W/O only

70
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What 3 ways can an emulsion become unstable>

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  1. Creaming2. Coalescence3. Phase inversion
71
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Stokes Law: What does V stand for?

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V= velocity of sedimentation(-) = floating droplets high IvI- settles or floats frequently

72
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Stokes Law: What does d stand for?

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d= diameter of the droplets

73
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Stokes Law: What does Pi stand for?

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Pi = density of the internal phase

74
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Stokes Law: What does Pe stand for?

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Pe= Density of the external phase

75
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Stokes Law: What does n stand for?

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n = viscosity of the external phase

76
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Is creaming reversible?

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Yes, as long as the interfacial film is effective in maintaining the integrity of the individual droplets

77
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Is coalescence reversible?

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NO, leads to a layer of oil and water- brokencan’t fix by shaking

78
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What causes phase inversion?

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a phase volume ration of greater than 74%hard water can cause it also

79
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When making an emuslion, do the aqueous solution and oil solution need to be heated to the same temperature to mix?

A

Yes, then cooled slowly and passed through a homogenizer

80
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What is a suspension?

A

Liquid preparation where solid particles are dispersed through a liquid phase in which the particles are not soluble.

81
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Advantages for suspensions?

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SolubilityChemical StabilityTaste/PalatabilityDose is flexibleFaster Dissolution than tablets

82
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What is the kinetic order of solutions?

A

1st order (fast)

83
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What is the kinetic order if suspensions?

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Second order (slower rxn, faster dissolution and more bioavilability)

84
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What are the components of a suspension?

A

Active ingredientVehicleBufferPreservativeFlocculating agentStructured vehicle systemwetting agentantifoming agentflavor/sweetener

85
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Required characteristics of a suspension?

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Suspended particles should settle slowlyParticles that settle should be able to re-disperseThe suspension must flow but not to muchParticle size must remain constant

86
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Stokes Law: Ps

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Ps = density of solid

87
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Stokes Law: Pl

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Pl = density of liquid

88
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Micropulveration

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10-50umMost oral and suspensions

89
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Fluid Energy Grinding

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<10 umParenteral and opthalmic suspensionsShearing action of high velocity air

90
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Spray drying

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<5umnSolution of drug is sprayed and dried by air

91
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what are the 3 types of suspensions?

A

dispersed suspensionflocculated suspensionstructured vehicle system

92
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DeltaG = ?

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Increased surface free energysuspension is stable when G = 0

93
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Ys/l = ?

A

Interfacial tension between solid and liquid

94
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DeltaA = ?

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increase in surface areawant small particles–> high deltaA

95
Q

What 2 forces decrease particle size?

A

aggregationcrystal growth

96
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Van der Waals forces, attractive or repulsive?

A

attractive, over moderate distances but gets very strong close to the surfacenot affected by formulation factors

97
Q

Electrostatic forces, attractive or repulsive?

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Repulsive, due to the surface charge on the particleCan be affected by formulation

98
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Steric forces, attractive of repulsive?

A

Repulsivecan be controlled by the formulation

99
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Hydration forces, attractive or repulsive?

A

Repulsivenot affected by formulation

100
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Net effect of interparticle forces?

A

Repulsive force (+) little effect when particles are far apartAttractive force (-) dominant when particles are close

101
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Dispersed suspension what forces are dominant?

A

RepulsiveParticles repel each other and don’t aggregateparticles settle and are difficult to re-suspend

102
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Controlled flocculation what forces are dominant?

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Repulsive and attractive forces are balanced

103
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How does a flocculated suspension work?

A

At the secondary minimum the repulsive force is reduces a bitwhen floccules settle, they are easy to re-disperse

104
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What type of sediment does a flocculation form?

A

High volume

105
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What are some examples of flocculating agents?

A

ClaypH manipulationElectrolytesNon-ionic/ionic surface active agents

106
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What type of suspensions is clay used in?

A

Oral suspensions

107
Q

What type of suspension will you alter the pH in?

A

parenteral solutions

108
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How do electrolytes create flocculations?

A

Reduces the electrical barrier between particles only works at ideal concentration

109
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Structured Vehicle system

A

Thickens the dispersion medium to suspend the particles

110
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Does the structured vehicle interfere with the availability of the drug?

A

NO

111
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What are 2 types of structured vehicles?

A

Claypolymers

112
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Rheology

A

The study of flow characteristics

113
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What is shear rate?

A

dv/drthe difference of velocity (dv) between 2 planes of a liquid separated by a distance (dr)

114
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What is shear stress?

A

Fthe force per unite area required to bring about flow

115
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What are the 2 kinds of shear stress?

A

Newtonian flownon-newtonian flow

116
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What are the 3 kinds of non-newtonian flow?

A

PlasticPseudoplasticDilatant

117
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what is the shape of a newtonian flow curve?

A

Linearslope is constant at all shear stress

118
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What is the shape of a plastic flow curve?

A

liquid doesn’t flow until a certian shear stress is reached

119
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What is the shape of a pseudoplastic curve?

A

high force = high flow

120
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WHat is the shape of a dilatant curve?

A

high force = low flow

121
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What is f( yield value) mean?

A

Threshold of shear stress necessary to initiate flow

122
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Shear thinning

A

The strength of the attractive force of the secondary minimum

123
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Pseudoplastic suspensions?

A

No stresstypical polymer Shear thinning

124
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Thixotropy

A

the ability of the system that was disturbed by an applied shear stress to return to the undisturbed structure

125
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Which kinds of rheology suspensions exhibit thixotropy?

A

plastic and pseudoplastic

126
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What does thixtropic suspensions form at rest?

A

A rigid gel matrix to stabilize the suspensions (shear stress from shaking makes it more liquid)

127
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Is there sedimentation with a structures vehicle suspension?

A

NO

128
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What is wetting?

A

displacement of air from the surface of a particle by the vehicle

129
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What does contact angle have to do with wetting?

A

High angle indicates poor spreading

130
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What is the importance of a wetting agent?

A

for rough particles, an aqueous vehicle will not enter the pores and the particle will float due to the high air content- wetting gent reduces the surface tension of the aq vehicle to allow water to enter the pore