Pharmaceutics Practicals
The 30 Year 1 Pharmaceutics practicals in the PCI list move from liquid preparations to semisolids, powders, suppositories, and incompatibility recognition. These pages are teaching notes. Moose will review and build the site cards and navigation.
Oral liquids
The first group covers five syrups: Simple Syrup I.P., ephedrine HCl syrup, Vasaka syrup, ferrous phosphate syrup, and orange syrup. Three elixirs follow: piperazine citrate, Cascara, and paracetamol. The two linctus entries compare the standard and pediatric teaching formulas.
Solutions, liniments, suspensions, and emulsions
Five solution entries cover cresol with soap, ferric chloride, aqueous iodine, strong iodine, and ammonium acetate. Two liniments cover turpentine and camphor. Calamine lotion and magnesium hydroxide mixture illustrate suspensions. Cod liver oil and liquid paraffin emulsions introduce the problem of dispersing immiscible liquids. Students should record appearance, process conditions, and checks without treating a teaching sample as a released medicine.
Powders and suppositories
Eutectic, explosive, dusting, and insufflation powders illustrate different physical and safety questions. The explosive example is a document-only hazard exercise. Boric acid and chloral suppositories introduce mould capacity and displacement calculations. The chloral example is a paper or sealed-sample exercise, and neither suppository article claims clinical suitability from appearance alone.
Incompatibilities
The last three entries are physical, chemical, and therapeutic incompatibility. The physical case observes a sealed oil-and-water emulsion. The chemical case identifies an oxidizer with organic ingredients and a repeated source row; it includes no mixing instruction. The therapeutic case checks aspirin and probenecid, then refers the clinical decision to the prescriber. These three cases teach how to recognize a problem and document a hold, not how to improvise a replacement formulation or treatment.
Using the practical pages
Read the pages in PCI syllabus order. Each has an aim, requirements, theory, numbered procedure, observation or calculation, result, and linked references, with a static labelled diagram. Write only measurements and observations actually supplied or obtained. The [practicals index](../.. Moose handles page building and publication.
Practical exercises
1. Preparation of Simple Syrup I.P.
To prepare a teaching-lab sample of Simple Syrup I.P. by dissolving sucrose in purified water, then record the batch calculation and basic appearance checks. Th
2. Preparation of Syrup of Ephedrine Hydrochloride NF
To document the calculation and supervised teaching-lab preparation of Syrup of Ephedrine Hydrochloride NF from a verified source formula, then assess the sampl
3. Preparation of Vasaka Syrup IP
To prepare a supervised teaching-lab sample of Vasaka Syrup IP from a verified formula and record its ingredient calculation, final volume, and appearance. The
4. Preparation of Syrup of Ferrous Phosphate IP
To study and, where an authenticated formula and trained instructor are available, prepare a teaching-lab sample of Syrup of Ferrous Phosphate IP. Record the ca
5. Preparation of Orange Syrup
To prepare a teaching-lab sample of Orange Syrup by mixing a verified orange tincture with a syrup vehicle, then record the calculation, appearance, and final v
6. Preparation of Piperazine Citrate Elixir BP
To calculate and document a supervised teaching-lab preparation of Piperazine Citrate Elixir BP, using an authenticated formula and locally approved ingredients
7. Preparation of Cascara Elixir BPC
To study the extraction and formulation stages of Cascara Elixir BPC and, where an authenticated formula and trained supervision are available, prepare a teachi
8. Preparation of Paracetamol Elixir BPC
To calculate and document the supervised formulation of Paracetamol Elixir BPC, using a verified historical monograph and locally approved ingredients. Record t
9. Preparation of Simple Linctus BPC
To study and document the preparation of Simple Linctus BPC using an authenticated historical formula. If an instructor approves a wet-lab exercise, record the
10. Preparation of Pediatric Simple Linctus BPC
To calculate and document the supervised dilution of a verified Simple Linctus BPC stock with a specified syrup vehicle for a Pediatric Simple Linctus BPC teach
11. Study of Solution of Cresol with Soap IP
To explain the formulation principle of Solution of Cresol with Soap IP and complete a supervised calculation and observation record using an authenticated form
12. Study of Strong Solution of Ferric Chloride BPC
To analyze the historical preparation stages and working-formula calculation for Strong Solution of Ferric Chloride BPC, using an authenticated source and an in
13. Preparation of Aqueous Iodine Solution IP
To prepare a supervised teaching-lab sample of Aqueous Iodine Solution IP using a verified historical formula, then record the ingredient calculation, complete
14. Preparation of Strong Solution of Iodine IP
To calculate and, with instructor authorization, prepare a teaching-lab sample of historical Strong Solution of Iodine IP, then record its final volume and appe
15. Study of Strong Solution of Ammonium Acetate IP
To calculate and interpret the preparation and endpoint checks for Strong Solution of Ammonium Acetate IP. Use an authenticated IP formula and an instructor-sup
16. Preparation of Liniment of Turpentine IP
To calculate and, if an authenticated formula and local controls are available, prepare a supervised teaching-lab sample of Liniment of Turpentine IP. Record em
17. Preparation of Liniment of Camphor IP
To study the preparation of Liniment of Camphor IP as a supervised teaching exercise, calculate a scaled historical formula, and record the appearance of the fi
18. Preparation of Calamine Lotion
To study the preparation and observation of a calamine lotion suspension for a supervised teaching exercise. Calculate a scaled historical formula, then record
19. Study of Magnesium Hydroxide Mixture BP
To study the preparation and assessment of Magnesium Hydroxide Mixture BP as a supervised teaching exercise. Calculate ingredient amounts from a historical manu
20. Preparation of Cod Liver Oil Emulsion
To study an oil-in-water cod liver oil emulsion and calculate a small historical teaching formula. Record how the primary emulsion forms and how the final dispe
21. Preparation of Liquid Paraffin Emulsion
To calculate and study the preparation of a liquid paraffin oil-in-water emulsion, then record its immediate appearance and separation on standing. The historic
22. Preparation of Eutectic Powder
To study how contact between selected crystalline powders can cause liquefaction and how separate premixing with a diluent may limit it. Calculate a 1 g histori
23. Explosive Powder: Incompatibility Recognition Exercise
To recognize the incompatibility behind the historical Pharmaceutics practical called Explosive Powder and document a safe response to a hazardous powder prescr
24. Preparation of Dusting Powder
To calculate and study the preparation of a simple dusting powder for intact-skin teaching purposes, and to record the uniformity and flow of a supervised sampl
25. Study of Insufflation Powder
To study the physical requirements of an insufflation powder and check a historical teaching formula for internal consistency. The exercise uses a formula sheet
26. Study of Boric Acid Suppositories
To calculate the ingredient requirement for a historical boric acid suppository teaching formula and study the moulding and observation stages. Any physical pre
27. Study of Chloral Hydrate Suppositories
To calculate a historical chloral hydrate suppository formula and review its moulding and quality checks using a written record. This is a paper or sealed-sampl
28. Physical Incompatibility: Oil and Water in an Emulsion
To identify physical incompatibility in an oil-and-water formulation, distinguish an expected two-phase starting system from an unstable finished emulsion, and
29. Chemical Incompatibility: Oxidizer and Organic Ingredients
To recognize a potentially hazardous chemical incompatibility in a historical prescription example and document a safe response without preparing or mixing the
30. Therapeutic Incompatibility: Aspirin and Probenecid
To recognize and document a therapeutic incompatibility in a historical aspirin and probenecid prescription, then refer the case for a prescriber decision. This
Theory notes: Pharmaceutics