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PHRM 704 - Pharmaceutics and Calculations I

4 Credits
This course provides a basic knowledge of the physicochemical and biological properties of pharmaceutical products and applies this knowledge to dosage form design, formulation, performance, and drug delivery systems. It emphasizes how these factors affect the stability, kinetics, bioavailability, and bioequivalence of drugs in dosage forms. It also focuses on the theory, technology, formulation, evaluation and dispensing of aqueous and non-aqueous liquids, disperse systems, and semisolid dosage forms. This course also covers aspects of pharmaceutical calculations including: interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders, Latin abbreviations and symbols used in pharmacy, fundamentals of measurement and calculation, measurement systems, dosage and concentration units, and detailed calculation of percentages.


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