About the Book

This book talks about one of the most important branches of Pharmaceutical Sciences i.e Pharmaceutics.

Pharmaceutics as we know deals with the science and art of developing a pharmaceutical product which is often called as dosage forms. Some of the popular dosage forms which we witness during our day to day life are tablets, creams, powders and syrups etc. This book has covered most of the dosage forms with their definitions, formulation details, advantages and disadvantages associated with them.

This book has these chapters; Pharmacopoeias, Liquid Dosage Forms, Powders, Emulsions, Suspensions, Suppositories and Semisolid Dosage Forms. Each chapter has provided basic as well as practical details along with relevant examples with suitable diagrams, classification charts and previously asked questions based on University final exams which makes it very useful and handy to the student.

In addition to this, the book has included several references and rich bibliography which makes it a condensed presentation that fulfills the subject requirements of the students.

Last but not the least, this book complies to the requirements as per PCI syllabus and hence reader does not require any supplementary book to meet the syllabus contents.

History of Profession of Pharmacy
Dosage Forms – An Overview
Prescription
Posology
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Powders
Liquid Dosage Forms – An Introduction
Liquid Dosage Forms
Disperse Systems
Suppositories
Semisolid Dosage Forms