Pharmaceutical Calculations

JOEL L. ZATZ, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University, New Jersey. MARIA GLAUCIA TEIXEIRA, PhD, is an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Wyoming.

Preface. To The Student. Chapter 1: General Principles of Calculations. Chapter 2: Units, Weighing, and Measuring. Chapter 3: Prescription and Medication Orders. Chapter 4: Dosage. Chapter 5: Percentage Strength. Chapter 6: Ratio Strength and Stock Solutions. Chapter 7: Dilution and Concentration. Chapter 8: Isotonicity, pH, and Buffers. Chapter 9: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part I. Chapter 10: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part II. Chapter 11: Parenteral Nutrition. Chapter 12: Biologics for Immunization. Chapter 13: Radioactive Decay. Chapter 14: Rate Laws and Shelf Life. Appendixes. Appendix 1: Systems of Measurement. Appendix 2: Calibration of Medicinal Dropper. Appendix 3: Medical Abbreviations. Appendix 4: Names, Atomic Weights and Symbols of Some Chemical Elements with Pharmaceutical Importance. Appendix 5: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Appendix 6: Biologics for Immunization. Appendix 7: Temperature Conversion. Appendix 8: Proof Strength. Appendix 9: Hydrophile Lipophile Balance (HLB). Appendix 10: Vapor Pressure of Liquefied Propellants. Appendix 11: Drug Binding Measured by Dialysis. Appendix 12: Viscosity Measurement by the Capillary Viscometer. Appendix 13: Sedimentation Kinetics. Appendix 14: Suppository Mold Calculations. Appendix 15: Powder Volume Calculations. Literature Consulted. Index.