The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1949

Generic Prescribing

The term 'generic prescribing' describes the use in prescribing of a non-proprietary title for a pharmaceutical preparation. The non-proprietary titles in the British National Formulary (BNF) are often titles from the European Pharmacopoeia, British Pharmacopoeia or British Pharmaceutical Codex 1973. In this way we know that the preparations prescribed by non-proprietary title must comply with ...

Preservation of ophthalmic solutions; a critical evaluation.

(a) bactericidal and fungicidal, (b) compatible with most chemicals used in ophthalmic preparations, (c) non-irritating and non-sensitizing. The most commonly accepted preservative is the mixture of methyl and propylhydroxybenzoates used in the " Solution for Eye-Drops" of the British Pharmaceutical Codex. These hydroxybenzoates, being relatively efficient fungicides, will keep the solutions fr...

Chapter 1.1.pmd

Pharmacopoeia is an official reference containing a selected drugs/medicinal preparations with their description, tests for their identity, purity and potency and with their average doses. A few famous pharmacopoeia and other reference books are the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP), the British Pharmacopoeia (BP); the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP); the British Pharmaceutical Codex (BPC); the Natio...

Incompatibility in Prescriptions and How to Avoid It—With a Dictionary of Incompatibilities

way, making it a most useful and practical guide for physicians who would avoid the many pitfalls encountered in prescribing. The present volume is nearly double the size of the original volume,, is thoroughly revised and brought up to date, and is strictly in accordance with the British Pharmacopoeia of 1932 and the British Pharmaceutical Codex of 1934. The first part of the book is devoted to...

Microchemical identification of amidone.