DDS/MANUFACTURING

Dosage Form

What do you call a drug product that is designed to contain a specified quanity of medication and a number of nontherapeutic ingredients?

Very fine powder

How is a powder composed of particles that all pass through a No. 80 sieve classified?

Trituration

A method of preparing powders which may be employed both to comminute and mix the ingredients; for comminution purposes, a porcelain or Wedgewood mortar wilh a rough inner surface is preferred.

Driclor® Topical Antiperspirant

Which of the following is regulated as a drug product?

Lanoxin® elixir

Which of the following drug products provide systemic effect?

Insufflations

These are finely divided powders that are intended to be applied in a body cavily using a special device.

Waxed Paper

If the powder contains hygroscopic or deliquescent materials, the type of paper used to hold the powder should be:

Granules are less easily wetted by liquids than powders

The following statements are TRUE regarding granules, EXCEPT:

a sticky mixture

In preparing effervescent granules, using citric acid alone results in:

Compression-coated tablet

These are tablets that allow the compaction of a dry coaling around a tablet core, produced on the same machine: