To The Student.

Chapter 1: General Principles of Calculations.

Chapter 2: Units, Weighing, and Measuring.

Chapter 3: Prescription and Medication Orders.

Chapter 4: Dosage.

Chapter 5: Percentage Strength.

Chapter 6: Ratio Strength and Stock Solutions.

Chapter 7: Dilution and Concentration.

Chapter 8: Isotonicity, pH, and Buffers.

Chapter 9: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part I.

Chapter 10: Injectable Medications and Intravenous Fluids - Part II.

Chapter 11: Parenteral Nutrition.

Chapter 12: Biologics for Immunization.

Chapter 13: Radioactive Decay.

Chapter 14: Rate Laws and Shelf Life.

Appendixes.

Appendix 1: Systems of Measurement.

Appendix 2: Calibration of Medicinal Dropper.

Appendix 3: Medical Abbreviations.

Appendix 4: Names, Atomic Weights and Symbols of Some Chemical Elements with Pharmaceutical Importance.

Appendix 5: Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

Appendix 6: Biologics for Immunization.

Appendix 7: Temperature Conversion.

Appendix 8: Proof Strength.

Appendix 9: Hydrophile Lipophile Balance (HLB).

Appendix 10: Vapor Pressure of Liquefied Propellants.

Appendix 11: Drug Binding Measured by Dialysis.

Appendix 12: Viscosity Measurement by the Capillary Viscometer.

Appendix 13: Sedimentation Kinetics.

Appendix 14: Suppository Mold Calculations.

Appendix 15: Powder Volume Calculations.

Literature Consulted.

Index.