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UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy  Pharmaceutics and Compounding Laboratory

Get the Compounding TextbookThis web site is part of the integrated Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory sequence at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

The exercises at this site are organized around two topics; more traditional pharmaceutical science laboratory exercises, and more contemporary pharmaceutical compounding laboratories. Such distinctions are not always clear as the two topics are intimately interrelated.

Compounding Lab Exercises

Accuracy in Measurements
Aesthetic Considerations of Oral Liquid Dosage Forms
Capsules
Colloidal Dispersions
Emulsions: Preparation and Stabilization
Lozenges and Medication Sticks
Ointments: Preparation and Evaluation of Drug Release
Pharmaceutical Solutions I: Simple, Saturated, Syrups
Pharmaceutical Solutions II: Nonaqueous Solutions
Pharmaceutical Solutions III: Ophthalmic Solutions
Powders and Granules
Preparation of Suppositories
Prescriptions and Medication Orders
Sterile Compounding (Routes of Administration, Equipment and Supplies, Techniques)
Suspensions and Gels
Tablets
Triturations and Aliquots

Pharmaceutics Lab Exercises

Chemical Kinetics
Extraction of Drugs
Factors Influencing the Solubility of Drugs
Radiopharmaceuticals: TC-99M Sulfur Colloid
Spectrophotometry as an Analytical Tool
 
 
 

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