Pharmaceutics
Subtitle: drug delivery and targeting
By: Yvonne Perrie, Thomas Rades
Contributors: Rades, Thomas, author
Edition: Second edition.
Series: FASTtrack series; Fasttrack (London, England)
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780857110596
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Drug delivery systems; Drugs; Dosage forms; Drug targeting; Pharmaceutical biotechnology; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Study guides; Examinations; Drug Delivery Systems
Description: "Pharmaceutics - Drug delivery and targeting focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Controlling drug delivery; title: 2. Immediate-release drug delivery systems I: increasing the solubility and dissolution rate of drugs; title: 3. Immediate-release drug delivery systems II: increasing the permeability and absorption of drugs; title: 4. Delayed-release drug delivery systems; title: 5. Sustained-release delivery systems; title: 6. Controlled-release dosage forms; title: 7. Site-directed drug targeting; title: 8. Carriers for drug targeting.