An increasing interest in the use of natural polymers or gums in pharmaceutical formulations focusing the tremendous orientation to discover and extract such gums. The pharmaceutical industry is ever thirsty to satisfy patient’s therapeutic needs by utilizing inactive excipients along with active ingredients in formulation development. Binders are added to tablet formulations to add cohesivenes...

In modern age of revolution and development in drug delivery for better clinical effects conventional dosages form have still a strong grip most popular all kinds medicinal preparation intended oral use. To satisfy the need growing market tablets incorporated modernization producing some advanced tablet types. Modified release formulations including, layered such as +--lay tablet, Bi-layered Me...

Rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of solid samples (e.g., pharmaceutical preparations) by using a small and low-resolution mass spectrometer without MS/MS function is still a challenge in ambient pressure ionization mass spectrometric analysis. Herein, a practically efficient method termed microwave-enhanced in-source decay (MEISD) using microwave plasma torch desorption ionization co...

UNLABELLED The correct use of pharmaceutical drugs supports therapy success and reduces the number of adverse side effects. One relevant aspect of use concerns the amount of liquid consumed when taking compact and shaped medicines. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the volume of liquid used by patients when administering their medication. METHODS Every patient who bought ta...

A simple modification converts an electrospray ion source to an ambient-pressure helium plasma ionization source without the need of additional expensive hardware. Peaks for active ingredients were observed in the spectra recorded from intact pharmaceutical tablets placed in this source. A flow of heated nitrogen was used to thermally desorb analytes to gas phase. The desorption temperatures we...

No: 687 Health and Hygiene 329 EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF TABLET SPLITTING ON THE ACCURACY OF DRUG DOSING H.S. Sellahewa and H.M.D.R. Herath* Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka *[email protected] Tablet splitting is commonly used in pharmacy practice. There are many reasons to split tablets such as to get the prescribed dose, to ad...

A number of analytical applications require the probing of turbid media with high chemical specificity. The primary target is the composition of the sample; information that is vital in, for example, the analysis of pharmaceutical tablets to identify the presence of undesired polymorphs. Ideally, information should be obtained non-destructively, noninvasively and rapidly. Practical applications...