INTRODUCTION Acute toxic ingestion is a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Emergency physicians (EP) caring for overdose (OD) patients are often required to make critical decisions with incomplete information. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) may have a role in assisting EPs manage OD patients. We evaluated the impact of different liquid adjuncts used for gastric decontamination on examin...

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...

the present investigation was designed to formulate a natural tablet for the treatment of vaginal candidiasis in order to eliminate side effects that are caused by existing antifungal drugs. curcumin has promising antifungal activity in comparison with the existing azole antifungal drugs. bioadhesive curcumin vaginal tablets were prepared by direct compression with different ratios of biadhesiv...

In Indonesia, there are 41 cases of anemia in pregnant women every day, and 20 die due to anemia. This high number is the low ignorance mother about dangers pregnancy which tends appear 1st 3rd trimesters pregnancy. Aims determine relationship between Knowledge, Attitude Family Support with Compliance Pregnant Women Third Trimester Consuming Iron (Fe) Tablets Work Area Karang Mukti Health Cente...

an environmentally benign rp-hplc approach for rapid analysis of glibenclamide in pure form, developed nanoemulsion and commercial tablets was developed and validated in present investigation. the green chromatographic identification was performed on lichrosphere 250 x 4.0 mm rp c8 column having a 5µm packing as a stationary phase using a combination of ethanol: methanol (50:50 % v/v) as a mobi...

BACKGROUND Imatinib is known as the drug of choice for treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). For adults the recommended daily dosage of 400 mg requires simultaneous intake of up to four capsules or tablets each 100 mg. A new 400 mg film coated tablet developed due to the need to swallow multiple capsules or tablets per dose and that was a negative impact on treatment adherence. SUBJECT...

In this study 50 samples of ecstasy tablets seized in Iran during the period of 2007 through 2008 were examined and their physical characteristics (appearance, marking, scored/not scored, color, weight, diameter, thickness) were determined. In order to determine the chemical characteristics of these tablets, color tests (Marquis test, Simon’s test, Chen’s test and Gallic acid test), Thin Layer ...

This study is to prepare the pantoprazole sodium enteric-coated tablet which is compacted by pellets. The enteric-coated pantoprazole sodium pellets were prepared by fluid bed coating technology. The pantoprazole sodium enteric-coated tablets were prepared by direct compression of the enteric-coated pellets and suitable excipients. In vitro dissolution method and scanning electron microscope me...

Sustained release tablets of Rosuvastatin were developed to prolong r e l e a s e o f time leading to an increase in drug bioavailability.Tablets are prepared by direct compression technique using polymers HPMC K15M,HPMC K50M and ethylcellulose.Tablets were evaluated for their physical characteristics viz.,hardness, thickness, friability and weight variation, drug content and floating propertie...