PHM 1512 - Pharmaceutical Compounding

Career and Technical Education

Class Hours: 1 hour lecture and 2 hours lab.
Semester Credit Hours: 2

This course is a study of the concepts of design, preparation, use, and evaluation of solid and semisolid dosage forms. Specific topics include powders, tablets, capsules, coated dosage forms, suspensions, emulsions, magmas, gels, lotions, ointments, creams, pastes, suppositories, transdermal systems, sustained release products, and novel drug delivery systems. Exercises in computer application, prescription and physician order interpretation and the introduction of extemporaneous compounding are performed in the laboratory.