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A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding is your hands-on, step-by-step guide to receiving and filling prescription drug orders as well as a comprehensive look at the preparation of sterile and non-sterile extemporaneously compounded preparations. This edition is meticulously updated to include the latest practice guidelines and standards, as well as a detailed discussion of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) of 2013. In addition, it offers a wealth of guidance on processing prescriptions, avoiding dangerous medication and labeling errors, counseling patients and caregivers, and much more – giving you all the knowledge you need to succeed on your exams and safely carry out the practice of pharmacy.
•Features significant revisions to address the impact of new federal laws/regulations on pharmacy practice.
•Includes meticulous updates reflecting the latest advances in “formulation science.”
•Includes an expanded list of definitions addressing the interchangeable terminologies that arise due to the emergence of interprofessional education and practice.
•Offers an expanded discussion on avoiding medication and labeling errors, patient counseling at hospital discharge, sterile dosage form preparation, and much more.
•Includes updated information about newly approved excipients and manufacturers.
•Includes a new section on the passage of the DQSA, which amended the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, making a distinction between 503A compounding pharmacies, the traditional prescription-based compounding pharmacies, and 503B outsourcing facilities.
•Contains all-new photos that clearly illustrate all equipment, materials, and techniques.
作者簡介
Deborah Lester Elder
PharmD, RPh, BPharm, BS
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Part 1: Processing of 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 Forms Preparation
Chapter 33 Ophthalmic, Nasal, Inhalation, and Irrigation Solutions
Chapter 34 Parenteral Preparation
Chapter 35 Parenteral Nutrition
Part 7: Veterinary Pharmacy
Chapter 36 Veterinary Pharmacy Practice
Part 8: Compatibility Stability
Chapter 37 Compatibility and Stability of Drug Products and Preparations Dispensed by the Pharmacist
Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Index
