A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding 4th Edition

A  Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding is  your hands-on, step-by-step guide to receiving and filling prescription  drug orders as well as a comprehensive look at the preparation of  sterile and non-sterile extemporaneously compounded preparations.

Table of Contents:

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• PART 1: PROCESSING THE PRESCRIPTION
• CHAPTER 1: Prescription and Medication Drug Orders
• CHAPTER 2: Labeling Prescriptions and Medications
• CHAPTER 3: Controlled Substances
• CHAPTER 4: Expiration and Beyond-Use Dating
• CHAPTER 5: Drug Utilization Review and Medication-Use Evaluation
• CHAPTER 6: Patient Counseling
• PART 2: CALCULATIONS
• CHAPTER 7: Systems of Measurement and Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations
• CHAPTER 8: Quantity and Concentration Expressions and Calculations
• CHAPTER 9: Evaluating Dosage Regimens
• CHAPTER 10: Aliquot Calculations
• CHAPTER 11: Isotonicity Calculations
• PART 3: COMPOUNDING DRUG PREPARATIONS
• CHAPTER 12: General Guidelines for Preparing Compounded Drug Preparations
• CHAPTER 13: Selection, Storage, and Handling of Compounding Equipment and Ingredients
• CHAPTER 14: Selection and Use of Weighing and Measuring Equipment
• PART 4: PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS
• CHAPTER 15: Pharmaceutical Solvents and Solubilizing Agents
• CHAPTER 16: Antimicrobial Preservatives
• CHAPTER 17: Antioxidants
• CHAPTER 18: Buffers and pH Adjusting Agents
• CHAPTER 19: Viscosity-Inducing Agents
• CHAPTER 20: Surfactants and Emulsifying Agents
• CHAPTER 21: Colors, Flavors, Sweeteners, and Scents
• CHAPTER 22: Vehicles for Liquid Preparations
• CHAPTER 23: Ointment Bases
• CHAPTER 24: Suppository Bases
• PART 5: NONSTERILE DOSAGE FORMS AND THEIR PREPARATION
• CHAPTER 25: Powders
• CHAPTER 26: Capsules, Lozenges, and Other Solid Oral Dosage Forms
• CHAPTER 27: Solutions
• CHAPTER 28: Suspensions
• CHAPTER 29: Liquid Emulsions
• CHAPTER 30: Semisolids: Ointments, Creams, Gels, Pastes, and Collodions
• CHAPTER 31: Suppositories
• PART 6: STERILE DOSAGE FORMS AND THEIR PREPARATION
• CHAPTER 32: General Principles of Sterile Dosage Form Preparation
• CHAPTER 33: Ophthalmic, Nasal, Inhalation, and Irrigation Solutions
• CHAPTER 34: Parenteral Preparations
• CHAPTER 35: Parenteral Nutrition
• PART 7: VETERINARY PHARMACY
• CHAPTER 36: Veterinary Pharmacy Practice
• PART 8: COMPATIBILITY AND STABILITY
• CHAPTER 37: Compatibility and Stability of Drug Products and Preparations Dispensed by the Pharmacist
• APPENDICES
• APPENDIX A: Abbreviations Commonly Used in Prescriptions and Medication Orders
• APPENDIX B: Nomograms for Determination of Body Surface Area from Height and Weight
• APPENDIX C: National Center for Health Statistics Growth Charts
• APPENDIX D: Isotonicity Values
• APPENDIX E: Code of Ethics for Pharmacists