Transcript Slide 1
Pharmaceutics (I)
Prelab III
Presented by
Abdurrahman Fahmy
Cough syrup
Rx
Codeine phosphate
Cpd Tartarazine solution
Benzoic acid solution
Water
Lemon syrup
Syrup to
Send
Fiat: Cough Syrup
Sig: Ʒi t.d.s.p.c.
X 0.5
0.3 g 0.15 g
Cough Suppressant
0.5 ml
1 ml
Coloring agent
1 ml
Preservative
2 ml
2 ml
1 ml
Solvent for drug
10 ml Sweetening and flavoring agent
20 ml
100 ml 50ml
Vehicle
50 ml
Calculation:
Factor = 50/100 = 0.5
Vehicle = 50 – (10+1+1+0.5) =37.5 ml
¾ vehicle = ¾ X 37.5 = 28.125 ml =
Use: Cough Syrup for treatment of
dry cough
28 ml
1 ml water
0.5 ml
Compound
tartarazine
solution
1 ml benzoic
acid solution
Cup measure
0.000 g
Cup measure
0.15 g Glass-rod
codeine
phosphat
e
Cup measure
10 ml lemon
syrup
Cup measure
Adjust
volume to
50 ml with
syrup
Fiat: Cough Syrup
Sig: Ʒi t.d.s.p.c.
The Cough Syrup
Label
One teaspoonful to
be taken three times
daily after meals.
Aspirin solution for pediatrics
Can not swallow tablets
Unstable
Need small doses
Expires within days
(ester hydrolysis).
Aspirin
℞
Acetyl salicylic a gr.x
Potassium citrate gr. xxx
water
ad
℥j
Fiat : Mist Mitte : ℥iij
Sig. : ʒi Ter in die sumenda.
X3
10x0.065 = 0.65 g
1.95 g
30x0.065 = 1.95 g
5.85 g
30ml
Uses: analgesic, antirheumatic and
antipyretic
Factor = 90 / 30 = 3
90 ml
Role of Potassium Citrate:
• Acetyl Salicylic acid is sparingly soluble in water, its solubility
will increase in solutions of acetate or citrate of sodium or
potassium. ( Salting In through buffer action )
• Potassium citrate is strongly ionized & citrate ions yielded
combine with hydrogen ions of the acid forming citric acid
Procedure:
Add aspirin & finely
powder with pestle
Add potassium citrate and stir with
pestle until complete solution of
acetyl salicylic acid (5mins)
Add 30 ml water &
triturate till saturation
(5mins)
Transfer to cup measure
& adjust to final volume
with water.
(Hazy solution)
Label:
The Mixture
One teaspoonful to
be taken three times
daily.
Camphor Water
℞
Camphor
0.1 gm
Alcohol
1.5 ml
Purified water to 100 ml
Caution
!
Uses: carminative internally & antiseptic &
anaesthetic in eye lotion
Also it is usually used as a Medicated vehicle
N.B.
• Camphor is soluble only 1 in 700 of water, Camphor is very
soluble in alcohol.
• The addition of the alcoholic solution to water yield a finelydivided precipitate of camphor, which in this condition, passes
into solution more quickly then camphor simply powdered.
Procedure:
Dissolve the camphor in
alcohol (1.5 ml)
Add alcoholic solution of camphor in
small portions to water each addition
followed by vigrous shaking
Water (98.5 ml)
Label:
The Camphor Water
[ E.P.]
Common
System
“commercial uses”
Pound “Ib.”
Ounce “oz.”
Grain “gr.”
1
16
1
7000
437.5
“ compounding prescriptions”
Gallon
“gal.”
Quart
“qt.”
Pint
“pt.”
Fluidounce
“f℥”
Fluidrachm
“f ʒ”
Minim
“m.”
1
4
8
128
1024
61440
1
2
32
256
15360
1
16
128
7680
1
8
480
1
60
Pound “Ib.”
Ounce “℥”
Drachm “ʒ”
Scruple “э”
Grain “gr.”
1
12
96
288
5760
1
8
24
480
1
3
60
1
20
Set of Apothecaries weight:
960
480
240
120
℥ ii
℥i
℥ ss
ʒ ii
60
30
40
20
ʒi
ʒ ss
℈ ii
℈i
10
℈ ss
5 gr.
4 gr.
3 gr.
2 gr.
1 gr.
1/2
gr.
Simple quantity:
181 cm
Compound quantity:
1 m,81 cm
Before a compound quantity can be used in a
calculation, it must be simplified to be
expressed in terms of a single denomination.
Q. Reduce ℥ss ʒii ℈i to grains.
℥ss = 1/2 x 480 gr. = 240 gr.
ℨii = 2 x 60 gr.
= 120 gr.
℈i = 1 x 20 gr.
= 20 gr.
380 gr.,
Q.
Change 165 grains to weighable
Apothecaries unit.
120
30
10
5
ʒii, ʒss, эss, 5 gr.
N.B. “The only common denomination Between
both systems is the Grain , the others, even if
have the same name but have quite different
values.
Therefore, To convert between the 2 systems,
we’ve to convert it first to the grain, & then back
to the other system .
Convert ℥ ii, ʒii into avoir du
pois denomination:
℥ ii = 2*480=960 gr.
ʒii = 2*60=120 gr.
Total= 960+120=1080gr.
1 oz.= 437.5 gr
1080/437.5= 2.4685 oz
(2*437.5 = 875)
1080-875 = 205 gr.
Therefore, 2 oz.,205 gr.