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List of Universities Offering Pharmacy Programmes in Nigeria

According to Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), the following schools are accredited for training of pharmacists in Nigeria. 1. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State…
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Why Do the Effects of Drugs Vary Between Different People?

A drug is any substance that is used for cure, diagnosis, and prevention of diseases in man and other animals. For practical purposes, drugs and…
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Differences Between Hard Gelatin Capsules and Soft Gelatin Capsules

Capsules are the dosage forms in which the drug formulation in a powder, semisolid, or liquid form is enclosed in a shell. This shell is…
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High Blood Pressure Medications

Several antihypertensive drugs with different sites and mechanisms of action are now available. Nevertheless, none can be said to be the ideal antihypertensive drug. Drug…
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7 Non-drug Treatment Approaches for Hypertension

Lifestyle modifications are the foundation for preventing hypertension, and they are an important component of first-line therapy in all patients treated with antihypertensive drug therapy.…
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List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Egypt

This page contains a comprehensive list of pharmaceutical companies in Egypt. Adwia S.A.E Address: Behind El Obour Market 300 Street, Block 13007, 1st Industrial Zone,…
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16 Drugs That May Increase Blood Pressure

Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is a widespread epidemic that affects as many as 1.13 billion people worldwide and approximately 60 million adults…
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Physical Stability Issues Frequently Encountered In Suspensions

Stability of a pharmaceutical product may be defined as the capability of a particular formulation in a specific container/closure system to remain within its physical,…
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Chemical Stability Issues Frequently Encountered in Suspensions

Suspensions are commonly referred to as dispersions in which the therapeutic agent is dispersed in the external phase (the vehicle). In an ideal suspension, particles…
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12 Importance of Dosage Forms

A pharmaceutical dosage form is the entity that is administered to patient so that they receive an effective dose of a drug. It is a…
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Film Coating and Sugar Coating: Do You Know the Differences?

Coating is one of the oldest pharmaceutical processes that is still practiced today. It is a process by which an essentially dry, outer layer of…
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Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Suspensions

Suspensions are an important class of pharmaceutical dosage forms. The advantages of suspension dosage forms include effective dispensing/ administration of insoluble or poorly soluble drugs;…
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Career Opportunities for Pharmacy Technicians in the US

Pharmacy technicians are very important to the healthcare industry, not just in the U.S, but around the world. Dispensing prescription medication is an activity that…
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Theoretical Considerations for Pharmaceutical Suspensions

A suspension is a disperse system in which solid, vehicle-insoluble particles (internal phase) are uniformly suspended by mechanical agitation and formulation design throughout the liquid…
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Rheologic Considerations for Pharmaceutical Suspensions

Rheologic consideration is of great importance in the study of the stability of pharmaceutical suspensions. This is because the viscosity of a suspension can modify…
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11 Tips on How to Control Crystal Growth in Pharmaceutical Suspensions

Crystal growth, also known as Ostwald ripening is simply the change in the particle size distribution in pharmaceutical suspensions. It a process whereby small particles…
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Stability Considerations for Pharmaceutical Suspensions

A suspension is a heterogeneous system consisting of two phases. The dispersed or internal phase is made up of particulate matter that is essentially insoluble…
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Differences between Flocculated and Deflocculated Suspensions

A pharmaceutical suspension is the dispersion of solid particles (usually a drug) in a liquid medium (usually aqueous) in which the drug is not readily…
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Limitations of Stokes’ Law

Stokes’ law is a generalized equation that describes how certain factors affect the rate of settling in dispersed systems. The implication is that, as the…
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Limitations of Stokes’ Law

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16 Amazing Health Benefits of Scent Leaves (Ocimum gratissimum)

Botanical Name: Ocimum gratissimum Preferred Common Name: African basil International Common Names English: clover basil; East Indian basil; shrubby basil; tree basil Spanish: albahaca Africana;…
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