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CAPSULES Examples of some official capsules Some medication commercially prepared into soft gelatin capsules TABLETS Examples of official tablets Examples of Types of Tablets 1. Compressed: Actifed®, Thyroid®, and Synthroid®. 2. Film Coated: Erythrocin® filmtab, Tagame®t, and Elavil® 3. Enteric Coated: various brands of ASA , Slow-Fe, Losec, Salazopyrin®, Entabs, Entrophen®, AltiErythromycin®, Sugar coated Advil, M&Ms, Smarties, Chlortripolon®, Repetabs and Dimetapp® “EXTENTABS”, Dixarit (small, blue, sugar coated tabs contg 0.025mg Clonidine, Cytoxan®[cyclophosphamide], Ex-Lax®). 4. Chewable: Flintstone’s Multivitamins, TUMS, Vitamin C Chewable Tablets, Dilantin®, Infatabs and Amoxil®, Chewable Tablets Pepcid®, Complete Chewable Tablet. 5. Effervescent: Alka-Seltzer®, Gramcal®, Redoxon®, K-lyte ® Novartis Phosphate. 6. Multilayered: Equagesic®, Dristan®, Robaxacet® and Robaxisal® and Norgesic Forte®. 7. Sublingual/Buccal: nitroglcerin, atropine sulfate. 8. Tablet triturate or molded tablet: Urethral MUSE® Urethral Inserts (Alprostadil [PGE]) 9. Hypodermic: Morphine (replaced by powders/liquids in glass ampules or vials) 10. Pills : Carter’s Little Liver Pills. MODIFIED RELEASE DOSAGE FORMS Proprietary Modified Release Oral Dosage Forms OINTMENTS, CREAMS, GELS Dermatologic Ointments & Creams by Therapeutic Category TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Examples of Transdermal Drug Delivery systems SUPPOSITORIES & INSERTS Examples of Rectal Suppositories Examples of Vaginal Suppositories and tablets

SOLUTIONS Examples of Oral Solutions by category Examples of Medicated Syrups by category Examples of Medicated Elixirs by category Examples of Solutions applied to the skin DISPERSE SYSTEMS Oral Suspensions by Category Activity and HLB Value of Surfactants PARENTERALS Some Injections Usually packaged and administered in small volume Examples of Irrigation Solutions