Noun explanation, dosage form

Formulation refers to a preparation made into a certain shape according to the condition and the characteristics of drugs. The application form of drugs prepared to meet the needs of treatment or prevention is called pharmaceutical dosage form, which is abbreviated as dosage form.

The dosage form is convenient for clinical use, gives full play to the curative effect of drugs, and reduces or avoids adverse reactions. Such as tablets, capsules, ointments and the like. The same drug can be made into different dosage forms according to clinical needs. For example, nimodipine has tablets and injections, and different dosage forms have different usage characteristics. The same drug has different dosage forms and sometimes has different effects.

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Traditional Chinese medicine forms include decoction, pill (honeyed pill, watered pill, ointment pill, wax pill, concentrated pill), powder, paste (paste, plaster), pill, medicated wine, syrup, extract, lozenge, lotion, adhesive, tea, nail, stick, suppository, yeast, paste, etc.

Modern innovative preparations include tablets, granules, sachets, oral liquids, capsules, dripping pills, mixtures, tinctures, aerosols, enemas, film agents (film agents), eye preparations (eye drops, eye ointment), nasal preparations (nasal drops, nasal sprays), sponges (sterilization and hemostasis), injections, etc.

There are many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, with great differences in properties, complex interactions and different dosage forms. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate the prescription according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, choose the appropriate dosage form according to the characteristics of the medicine, and adopt reasonable technology to prepare excellent preparations. At present, there are still some problems in some dosage forms and their manufacturing processes, which need to be improved on the basis of inheriting the experience of traditional dosage forms and absorbing the advantages of advanced dosage forms, and develop high-quality and efficient new dosage forms.

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