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Barriers to Intraocular Delivery |
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Pharmaceutical Requirements for Ophthalmic Solutions |
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- Sterility
- Preservation
- Isotonicity (0.6% to 2% in terms of NaCl equivalence)
- Buffering
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Ways to Improve Intraocular Delivery |
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- Increase residence time (ointments, gels, suspensions)
- Do not administer too much volume (eye can only hold 10 microL of fluid)
- Occlude the nasolacrimal duct with mild finger pressure
- Instruct the patient to use the "eye cup" technique
- Make sure patients knows to wash their hands
- Avoid touching the dropper surface
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Problems with Nasal Drug Delivery |
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- Small surface area for absorption (adults ~ 180 cm2)
- Presence of drug-degrading enzymes
- Tonicity requirements
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Deposition of Drug in Pulmonary Delivery depends on 4 Factors: |
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- physicochemical properties of the drug
- formulation
- delivery device
- patient (breathing pattern and condition)
The first two CANNOT be altered
The last two CAN be altered |
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What is the fundamentally important physical property of a drug in pulmonary delivery? |
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Particle Size
Too big: particle cannot reach alveoli
Too small: particle is expelled upon exhalation
particle density is also important
these parameters make proper storage an important factor in successful delivery |
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Parental articles are preparations intended for injection through the skin or other external boundary tissue, rather than through the alimentary canal, so that the active substances they contain are administered, using gravity or force, directly into the blood vessel, organ, tissue, or lesion. Parental articles must meet the Pharmacopeial requirements for sterility, pyrogens, particulate matter, and other contaminants, and where appropriate contain inhibitors of the growth of microorganisms. |
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The absence of viable microorganisms. Because sterility cannot usually be confirmed with certainty, statistical probability is used to describe it.
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Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) |
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This term is used to designate the probability of finding a nonsterile unit (such as bacterium) following a sterilization step or procedure. Usually, it is expressed as a negative power of ten (e.g., 1 in 1 million or 10-6).
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A procedure carried out at the end of processing, when a product is in its final sealed container, that destroys all viable microorganisms. Terminal sterilization is usually intended to achieve SAL of less than 10-6.
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Surfaces that come into contact with sterile product, container, or closures. For example, the needle shaft that is used for transferring a drug solution from a vial to an IV container is a critical surface.
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This is an area where sterile products, containers, and closures are exposed to the environment. |
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With regard to sterile product processing, the USP defines it as follows; “the act of validation of a sterilization or aseptic process involves planned testing designed to demonstrate that microorganisms will be effectively destroyed, removed, or prevented from inadvertently being introduced by personnel or by process-related activities”.
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Large-Volume Intravenous Solutions |
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Also called Large-Volume Parenterals (LVPs), these are single-dose injections containing more than 100 mL of sol'n that are intended for IV use |
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These are injections of 100 mL or less. They may be either single-dose and multidose products. |
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A designation for air quality. A class 100 room has less than 100 particles 0.5 microns or larger per cubic foot of air. |
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High-Efficiency Particulate Air
A filter that provides this type of environment is an essential component of both horizontal and vertical laminar airflow workbenches and other aseptic processing areas. For these purposes, the HEPA filters are certified to provide air that is filtered with minimum 0.3 micron particle retaining efficiency of 99.97% |
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Also called buffer room
Such a room is assigned and meets air cleanliness classification such as Class 10,000 or Class 100,000 |
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This is a room adjacent to the cleanroom; although of high quality, it may have a lesser air cleanliness classification than the cleanroom. For example, if the cleanroom is maintained as a Class 10,000 space, the anteroom may be Class 100,000. Activities in the anteroom include things like washing and gowning and unpacking of cleanroom supply packages. |
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- Provides a Laminar Airflow Workbench that is completely enclosed
- For the operator, access to the work surface is through glovebox-type portals
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This refers to the potential risk to patients caused by the introduction of microbial contamination into a finished sterile product and subsequent opportunity for growth of inadvertently added contaminants
Level 1 = low risk
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Level 3 = high risk |
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- This is a procedure in which personnel who do aseptic processing prepare a simulated product using culture medium
- The simulated product is then incubated to determine if the product was contaminated during the procedure
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- The preparation of multiple units of a sterile product by the same worker during the same time period
- For example, if a worker prepares 30 syringes of a given dose of an antibiotic at one time, this is a batch preparation
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- Double or Triple lumen type
- Flush with heparinized solutions for patency
- Open at both ends
- You can sample blood with this type
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Double or Triple lumen type
One-way valve at tip - solution can only flow into the body |
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- Phlebitis
- Infection
- Extravasation
- Infiltration
- Infiltration Necrosis
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Sterile Water for Injection |
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- Ampules, Vials, Bags: < 1 L
- Must be made isotonic before use
- Free water, no solute load
- Intended for reconstitution and compounding of other IV solutions (TPN solutions)
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Bacteriostatic Water for Injection |
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Ampules, Syringes, and Vials: < 30 mL
Most common agent, benzyl alcohol 0.9%
Not for use in newborns
Compatibility issue with other drugs |
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Bacteriostatic NaCl for Injection |
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- Ampules, Syringes, and Vials: < 30 mL
- Most common agent, benzyl alcohol 0.9%
- Not for use in newborns
- Compatibility issues with other drugs
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What is the mEq/L and the mOsm/L value for NaCl 0.9%? |
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154 mEq/L, 308 mOsm/L
1 mEq/mmol because highest charge is 1
2 mOsm/mmol because Na and Cl can dissociate
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Strong Acid + Strong Base = pH 7
Strong Acid + Weak Base = pH 3.5-5.5
Weak Acid + Strong Base = pH 8.5-10.5
Weak Acid + Weak Base = pH 4.5-9.5, variable
In general, if you mix an acidic solution with an alkaline solution the resulting neutralization usually results with one or both drugs precipitating |
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Some examples of Neutral Weak Bases with Mineral Acids and Organic Acids |
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Ranitidine + HCl = Ranitidine HCl
Homatropine + HBr = Homatropine HBr
Morphine + H2SO4 = Morphine Sulfate
Pilocarpine + HNO3 = Pilocarpine Nitrate
Codeine + H3PO4 = Codeine Phosphate
Chlorpheniramine + Malic Acid = Chlorpheniramine Maleate
pH range should be between 3.5-5.5 |
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Some examples of Neutral Weak Acids with Hydroxide Bases |
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Phenobarbital + NaOH = Sodium Phenobarbital
Calvulanic Acid + KOH = Potassium Clavulenate
Saccharic Acid + Ca(OH)2 = Calcium Saccharate
pH range should be between 8.5-10.5 |
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1-10 kg wt: 100mL/kg/day
11-20 kg wt: 1000mL + 50mL/kg for 11-20 kg
>20 kg wt: 1500 mL + 20mL/kg for wt greater than 20 kg |
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- Diazepam
- Nitroglycerin
- Insulin
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Drug Sorption depends on: |
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