Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
The preparation of liquid oral dosage forms for paediatric patients may pose a challenge on pharmacies. Marketed ready-to-use suspension vehicles do have advantages and disadvantages. In order to overcome the disadvantages a dedicated suspension vehicle, which can be prepared by every pharmacy, was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2018-0008 |
| Summary: | The preparation of liquid oral dosage forms for paediatric patients may pose a challenge on pharmacies. Marketed ready-to-use suspension vehicles do have advantages and disadvantages. In order to overcome the disadvantages a dedicated suspension vehicle, which can be prepared by every pharmacy, was cooperatively developed by pharmacist specialists on a national level in Germany. Marketed as well as pharmacy prepared suspension vehicles provide added value for pharmacy preparations for the special need of paediatric patients of different age groups. |
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| ISSN: | 2365-2411 2365-242X |