Medication Formulation and Administration

Question 1

Water based, semisolid preparation used to deliver drugs to the skin or mucous membranes

Answer 1

creams

Question 2

Fine particles of drug intended for either admixture into a liquid dosage form, oral use, topical application, or use as an inhalent

Answer 2

Powders

Question 3

A liquid in which the drug is completely dissolved in the vehicle, making the product clear (but not necessarily colorless)

Answer 3

solution

Question 4

High water content solution

Answer 4

Jellies

Question 5

A mixture of oil for lipid in a liquid vehicle

Answer 5

Emulsion

Question 6

A liquid preparation that includes alcohol and water

Answer 6

Elixir

Question 7

A semi-solid dosage form that is thicker and leaves more residue than an ointment

Answer 7

Pastes

Question 8

Molded dosage form, softer than tablet, intended for administration rectally, vaginally, or via the urethra

Answer 8

Suppositories

Question 9

Medication formulated in a hard sugar to be dissolved in the mouth

Answer 9

Lozenge

Question 10

A gelatin container with loose powders or timed-release beads inside

Answer 10

Capsule

Question 11

Compacted particles of drug product, typically enclosed within a capsule

Answer 11

Granule

Question 12

A dosage form form that can be adhered to the skin for the system absorption, controlling the rate of drug administration

Answer 12

Patch

Question 13

A liquid formulation that contains sugar

Answer 13

Syrup

Question 14

Drug formulated into a gas mixture for use in a nebulizer or certain inhalers

Answer 14

aerosols

Question 15

Alcohol solution containing 100 milligrams of drug per millimeter

Answer 15

Tincture

Question 16

A concentrated solution that results from the mixture of a drug product with a solvent

Answer 16

Extract

Question 17

A common liquid oral dosage form in which the drug is present in small particles in a flavored vehicle. Must be shaken well

Answer 17

Suspension

Question 18

A formulation of drug that is intended for forced inhalation through an inhaler

Answer 18

Inhalant

Question 19

Powders compressed into a solid dosage form that can dissolve in the body

Answer 19

Tablet

Question 20

Drug pump system or engineered hardware infused with drug that is implanted somewhere in the body for long- term release of the drug at the site of implantation or systematically

Answer 20

Implant

Question 21

Effervescent tablets

Answer 21

Dissolved in liquid before administering

Question 22

Concentrated alcohol solution

Answer 22

Spirits

Question 23

Order of Semi- solid dosage forms

Answer 23

creams > ointments > pastes

Question 24

Dosage forms

Answer 24

medication is formed into a drug product ( dosage form ), to be administered

Question 25

Active Ingredient

Answer 25

The medication itself

Question 26

Excipients

Answer 26

Inactive ingredients, usually present in dosage form as well

Question 27

Route specific

Answer 27

Dosage form designed to be compatible with the intended site of administration

Question 28

Liberation and Absorption

Answer 28

Dosage form is administered, active drug ingredient is liberated from the dosage form so it can be absorbed

Question 29

Enteral Route

Answer 29

Administration of drug results in passage through GI tract

Question 30

Parenteral Route

Answer 30

Administration of drug bypasses the GI tract

Question 31

Anatomic enteral routes

Answer 31

Oral, buccal/sublingual, and rectal

Question 32

Anatomic Parenteral route

Answer 32

Intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intraarterial