Formulations and Drug Delivery 1

Catalog description

This 2-credit hour course introduces the principles of physical pharmacy, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacy calculations. Physical pharmacy provides foundational support for pharmaceutics with topics such as reaction kinetics, product stability, and rheology. Pharmaceutics introduces basic principles that facilitate general topics in dosage form design (solid, semi-solid, and liquid dosage forms) and drug delivery systems (such as targeted, modified release, and transdermal). Pharmacokinetics covers ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion), bioavailability, concentration vs. time data, First and Zero Order rates/kinetics, the elimination rate constant, half-life, the volume of distribution, and clearance. Topics in pharmacy calculations include dosing and unit conversions, aliquots and trituration, dilution and mixing, and isotonic solutions. The course's overall purpose is to introduce foundations in pharmaceutical sciences, calculations, and kinetics to prepare students for ma terial in integrated systems and patient care skills courses.