Pharmaceutics II (Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dosage Form, and Drug Delivery)

This required course is intended to introduce the students to the discipline of pharmaceutics, to convey how the physicochemical properties of drugs and dosage forms are critical factors that impact the biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapy of drugs, to provide a foundation for preparing extemporaneously compounded prescription products particularly via related pharmacy calculations and to provide the student with the rational factors involved in the selection of dosage forms. The lectures will focus on the concepts that may be practical to understanding the complex issues associated with the processes of drug delivery and the essentials of safe and effective drug therapy. The course deals with the basic and applied scientific principles used in the design, optimization, preparation, storage, packaging, and stability of acceptable dosage forms. The lectures will cover such topics as solutions, dispersions, suspensions, emulsions, powders, tablets, capsules, ointments, creams, pastes, gels, and suppositories.