PHR2021 How medicines work 5: Drug delivery

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Explain the importance of drug properties, clinical need and desired therapeutic outcome on the choice of dosage form and route of administration for a particular medicine

2. 2

   Describe the biopharmaceutical barriers that apply to various routes of administration

3. 3

   When changing routes of administration, calculate the correct dose required to obtain the same therapeutic effect

4. 4

   Given a formulation, explain the rationale for the dosage form and inclusion of each of the excipients

5. 5

   Prepare common formulations encountered in a pharmacy setting

6. 6

   Describe the development and formulation principles for a stable therapeutic macromolecule

7. 7

   Analyse Quality Assurance and Good Manufacturing Practices and interpret how they apply to compounding

8. 8

   Demonstrate proficiency in fundamental pharmaceutical calculations