session 1 practice probelms

Tylenol extra strength coated tablets are composed of powdered cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, magnesium stearate, purified water, FD&C red no. 40 aluminum lake, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide, FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, polysorbate 80, sucralose, carnauba wax, iron oxide, hypromellose, acetaminophen.

 

This medication can be classified as:

 

Solids only

 

Both solids and oral

 

No answer text provided.

 

Oral only

Both solids and oral

Tylenol extra strength coated tablets are composed of powdered cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, magnesium stearate, purified water, FD&C red no. 40 aluminum lake, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide, FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, polysorbate 80, sucralose, carnauba wax, iron oxide, hypromellose, acetaminophen.

 

What is the API in this medication?

 

Sodium starch glycolate

 

Polyethylene glycol

 

Acetaminophen

 

Titanium dioxide

Acetaminophen

Tylenol extra strength coated tablets are composed of powdered cellulose, pregelatinized starch, sodium starch glycolate, magnesium stearate, purified water, FD&C red no. 40 aluminum lake, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide, FD&C yellow no. 6 aluminum lake, polysorbate 80, sucralose, carnauba wax, iron oxide, hypromellose, acetaminophen.

 

Powdered cellulose is a diluent. What is the function of this excipient?

 

Make the tablets look better

 

Make the tablets palatable

 

Increase bulk to make the tablets

 

Assist the tablet manufacturing process

Increase bulk to make the tablets

The excipients that promote tablets or capsules to break up are called:

 

Stabilizer

 

Lubricants

 

Binders

 

Disintegrating agents

Disintegrating agents

While making tablets, powders are too loose. A formulation scientist wants to adhere powders to granules. What should be used?

 

Binders

 

Sweeteners

 

Coatings

 

Lubricants

Binders

Which of the following could dosage forms provide?

 

Provide a safe and convenient delivery of an accurate dose

 

Protect API from degradation

 

All of above

 

Mask unpleasant tastes of API

All of above

The goal of pharmaceutics is to develop optimized drug therapy that reaches the site of action at the right dose , right time and for the correct duration , and not to reach other sites in the body where drug toxicities occur.

 

True

 

False

True