Abstract
Basics of Compounding: Compounding Suppositories: Part I - Theoretical Considerations
Author(s): Allen Loyd V Jr
Issue: Jul/Aug 2000 - Compounding for Hospice and Cancer Patients
Page(s): 289-293
						
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				Abstract
The author discusses applications/uses of suppositories, their physicochemical considerations, the presence of water, hygroscopicity, viscosity, brittleness, density, volume contraction, special problems, incompatibilities, rate of drug release, bases, oil-soluble bases, hydrogenated vegetable oil bases, water-soluble bases and stability.
Related Keywords
- analgesics
 - antiasthmatics
 - antinauseants
 - hormones
 - local effect
 - rectal
 - suppositories
 - suppository
 - systemic effect
 - urethral
 - vaginal
 
Related Categories
- HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE
 - PEDIATRICS
 - SUPPORT