Pharmaceutics is one of the most diverse subject areas in pharmaceutical science and an understanding of it is vital for all pharmacists and scientists involved in converting drugs to medicines that can be safely delivered to a patient. In brief, it is concerned with the scientific and technological aspects of the design and manufacture of dosage forms or medicines.
Drugs are rarely administered as pure chemical sub- stances alone and are almost always given as formulated preparations or medicines. These can vary from relatively simple solutions to complex drug delivery systems through the use of appropriate additives or excipients in the formulations.
Aulton Pharmaceutics is one of the best pharmaceutics books contain different approach about additives or excipients in the formulations.
Few Key Points of Aulton's Pharmaceutics:
1. Scientific principles of dosage form design
2. Particle science and powder technology
3. Pharmaceutical microbiology and sterilization
4. Biopharmaceutical principles of drug delivery
5. Dosage form design and manufacture
6. Packaging and stability of pharmaceutical products
Reviewers consistently praise its comprehensiveness and its extremely high quality-quality content. It's a nice book for pharmacists to enrich their knowledge.
