Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Twenty random questions from a hard bank of thirty on formulation, excipients, sterility and stability.
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Pharmaceutics is the science of:
- Growing medicinal plants only
- Designing and making dosage forms
- Marketing medicines
- Diagnosing disease
An excipient is:
- A type of injection
- A side effect
- The active drug
- An inactive ingredient in a medicine
What does a binder do in a tablet?
- Colours the tablet
- Makes the tablet break apart
- Holds the powder particles together
- Flavours the tablet
What does a disintegrant do in a tablet?
- Coats the tablet
- Helps the tablet break apart in the gut
- Sweetens the tablet
- Holds the tablet together
Magnesium stearate is added to tablet powders as a:
- Binder
- Sweetener
- Disintegrant
- Lubricant
Lactose is commonly used in tablets as a:
- Diluent (filler)
- Disintegrant
- Preservative
- Lubricant
What is the purpose of an enteric coating?
- To colour the tablet
- To make the tablet dissolve faster in the mouth
- To make it taste sweet
- To stop the tablet dissolving in the stomach, so it releases in the intestine
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