Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Drug Products: Their Role in the Treatment of Disease, Their Quality, and Their Status and Future as Drug-Delivery Systems; Chapter 2: Principles of Drug Absorption; Chapter 3: Pharmacokinetics; Chapter 4: Factors Influencing Drug Absorption and Drug Availability; Chapter 5: The Effect of Route of Administration and Distribution on Drug Action; Chapter 6: Chemical Kinetics and Drug Stability; Chapter 7: Preformulation; Chapter 8: Cutaneous and Transdermal Delivery-Processes and Systems of Delivery; Chapter 9: Disperse Systems
Chapter 10: Tablet Dosage FormsChapter 11: Hard and Soft Shell Capsules; Chapter 12: Parenteral Products; Chapter 13: Design and Evaluation of Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Products; Chapter 14: Delivery of Drugs by the Pulmonary Route; Chapter 15: Sustained- and Controlled-Release Drug-Delivery Systems; Chapter 16: Target-Oriented Drug-Delivery Systems; Chapter 17: Packaging of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms; Chapter 18: Optimization Techniques in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Processing; Chapter 19: Food and Drug Laws that Affect Drug Product Design, Manufacture, and Distribution
Chapter 20: European Aspects of the Regulation of Drug Products with Particular Reference to Development PharmaceuticsChapter 21: Pediatric and Geriatric Aspects of Pharmaceutics; Chapter 22: Biotechnology-Based Pharmaceuticals; Chapter 23: The Pharmacist and Veterinary Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms; Chapter 24: Dietary Supplements; Chapter 25: Bioequivalency; Chapter 26: Drug Information; Chapter 27: Managed Care and Pharmacotherapy Management; Chapter 28: A View to the Future; Index; Back Cover
Summary
Drug products; principles of drug absorbtion; pharmacokinetics; factors influencing drug absorbtion and drug availability; effect of route of administration; chemical kinetics and drug stability; preformulation; cutaneous and transdermal delivery; disperse systems; tablet dosage forms; hard and soft shell capsules; parenteral products; design and evaluation of ophthalmic pharmaceutical products; pharmaceutical aerosols; sustained and controlled release drug delivery systems