A practical guide to contemporary pharmacy practice - Thompson, Judith E.; Davidow, Lawrence W. (Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009)
part 1: processing the prescription -- chapter 1: prescription and medication drug orders -- chapter 2: labeling prescriptions and medications -- chapter 3: controlled substances -- chapter 4: expiration and beyond-use dating -- chapter 5: drug utilization review and medication-use evaluation -- chapter 6: patient counseling -- part 2: calculations -- chapter 7: systems of measurement and introduction to pharmaceutical calculations -- chapter 8: quantity and concentration expressions and calculations -- chapter 9: evaluating dosage regimens -- chapter 10: aliquot calculations -- chapter 11: isotonicity calculations -- part 3: compounding drug preparations -- chapter 12: general guidelines for preparing compounded drug preparations -- chapter 13: selection, storage, and handling of compounding equipment and ingredients -- chapter 14: selection and use of weighing and measuring equipment -- part 4: pharmaceutical excipients -- chapter 15: pharmaceutical solvents and solubilizing agents -- chapter 16: antimicrobial preservatives -- chapter 17: antioxidants -- chapter 18: buffers and ph adjusting agents -- chapter 19: viscosity-inducing agents -- chapter 20: surfactants and emulsifying agents -- chapter 21: colors, flavors, sweeteners, and scents -- chapter 22: vehicles for liquid preparations -- chapter 23: ointment bases -- chapter 24: suppository bases -- part 5: nonsterile dosage forms and their preparation -- chapter 25: powders -- chapter 26: capsules, lozenges, and other solid oral dosage forms -- chapter 27: solutions -- chapter 28: suspensions -- chapter 29: liquid emulsions -- chapter 30: semisolids: ointments, creams, gels, pastes, and collodions -- chapter 31: suppositories -- part 6: sterile dosage forms and their preparation -- chapter 32: general principles of sterile dosage form preparation -- chapter 33: ophthalmic, nasal, inhalation, and irrigation solutions -- chapter 34: parenteral preparations -- chapter 35: total parenteral nutrition -- part 7: veterinary pharmacy -- chapter 36: veterinary pharmacy practice -- part 8: compatibility and stability -- chapter 37: compatibility and stability of drug products and preparations -- appendices -- appendix a: abbreviations commonly used in prescriptions and medication orders -- appendix b: nomograms for determination of body surface area from height and weight -- appendix c: national center for health statistics growth charts -- appendix d: isotonicity valuesindex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Pharmacy -- Outlines, syllabi, etc; Pharmacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Drug Compounding -- Handbooks; Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage -- Handbooks; Pharmacy -- methods -- Handbooks