Compounding

35. Pharmacy practice Vs Pharma legislation in India

The issue needs and deserves lot of discussion and it is high time that some gap-analysis is done in the legislated Acts and Rules to make it apt to the current situation. Example: 1. Registered Pharmacist certificate is given under Pharmacy Act to accord all privileges in practice of pharmacy. 2. Drug license is given under D & C Act to the Reg Pharmacist to SELL / DISTRIBUTE' drugs.

TABLET.. AN UNIQUE DOSAGE FORM

According to IP "tablets are solid dosage forms each containing a unit dose of one or more ingredients".(1) 90%of the drugs thar are administered to produce systemic effect are through oral dosage forms. The advantage of the tablets and the capsules over liquid dosage forms includes elixirs, syrups,solutions is that the exact dose of the drug can be given to the patient.(2)