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Pharmaceutics is the discipline ofpharmacy that deals with the process of turning anew chemical entity (NCE) or an existing drug into a medication to be used safely and effectively by patients.[1] The patients could be either humans or animals. Pharmaceutics helps relate the formulation of drugs to their delivery and disposition in the body.[2] Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into adosage form.
Pharmaceutics is also called the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals withpharmacological properties, but need special measures to help them achieve therapeutically relevant amounts at their sites of action.[2]
Branches of pharmaceutics include:
Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into adosage form. Pure drug substances are usually whitecrystalline oramorphous powders. Before the advent of medicine as a science, it was common for pharmacists to dispense drugsas is. Most drugs today are administered as parts of a dosage form. The clinical performance of drugs depends on their form of presentation to the patient.[3]
Pharmaceutics is a specialization in the field of pharmacy. Typically, Masters of Pharmacy postgraduates can choose to continue studies in this field towards a PhD degree.
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