Modern Pharmaceutics

With over 100 illustrations, Volume 1 addresses the core disciplines of pharmaceutics (absorption, PK, excipients, tablet dosage forms, and packaging), and explores the challenges and paradigms of pharmaceutics.Key topics in Volume 1 include:principles of drug absorption, chemical kinetics, and drug stabilitypharmacokineticsthe effect of route of administration and distribution on drug actionin vivo imaging of dose forms: gamma scintigraphy, PET imaging NMR, MRI, etc. powder technologyexcipient design and characterizationpreformulationoptimization techniques in pharmaceutical formulation and processingdisperse and surfactant systemsthe solid state, tablet dosage forms, coating processes, and hard and soft shell capsulesparenteral products