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Keep the bottle on its (blank) so the cork or rubber liner of the cap is kept moist and swollen, thereby maintaining the airtight seal between the cap and the bottle
side
useful for patients with uric acid and cystine calculi of the UT
Systemic alkalinizer
Useful adjuvant with uricosuric agents in gout therapy
Sodium citrate and citric acid
tend to crystallize out of an acid urine.
Urates
A sweetened solution
Syrup
aka simple syrup
Syrup, USP
syrup usp w/v
85%
syrup, usp specific gravity
specific gravity 1.313
does not need preservative if used soon
Syrup, USP
64% w/v
Sorbitol solution, USP
Flavored syrups
Cherry syrup
uses cherry juice 47%
Cherry syrup
uses raspberry juice 48%
Raspberry syrup
good for bitter-tasting drugs
Cocoa syrup
uses sweet orange peel tincture, citric acid for flavor and tartness
Orange syrup
Can you give 1-2 excipient components of a syrup?
Sugar – usually sucrose or sugar substitute
Antimicrobial preservatives
Flavorants
Colorants
Usual components of a pharmaceutical syrup
Active ingredient
Solvent
Sugar
Colorants, Flavorants, Sweeteners
Preservatives, Antioxidants
Provides the therapeutic effect
Active ingredient
Water + co-solvents*
Solvent
Usually sucrose or sugar substitute
Sugar
