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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Main Authors: Bruns Cornelia, Ober Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-06-01
Series:Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2018-0008
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spelling doaj-d7c394afa1e94ecbb5b784da234e88c52021-10-02T19:25:13ZengDe GruyterPharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy2365-24112365-242X2018-06-013211311910.1515/pthp-2018-0008Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for PharmacistsBruns Cornelia0Ober Michael1Gesundheit Nord gGmbH, Clinical Center Bremen-Mitte, Pharmacy Department, St.-Jürgen-Straße 1, 28177Bremen, GermanyHeidelberg University Hospital, Pharmacy Department, Im Neuenheimer Feld 670, 69120Heidelberg, GermanyThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2018-0008oral suspensionssuspending vehiclesextemporaneous preparationpaediatric dosage formsappropriate excipients
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author Bruns Cornelia
Ober Michael
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Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
oral suspensions
suspending vehicles
extemporaneous preparation
paediatric dosage forms
appropriate excipients
author_facet Bruns Cornelia
Ober Michael
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title Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
title_short Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
title_full Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
title_fullStr Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
title_full_unstemmed Development and Preparation of Oral Suspensions for Paediatric Patients – a Challenge for Pharmacists
title_sort development and preparation of oral suspensions for paediatric patients – a challenge for pharmacists
publisher De Gruyter
series Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
issn 2365-2411
2365-242X
publishDate 2018-06-01
description 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.
topic oral suspensions
suspending vehicles
extemporaneous preparation
paediatric dosage forms
appropriate excipients
url https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2018-0008
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