This book is designed to convey a fundamental understanding of the principles and practices involved in both the development and the production of compounded dosage forms by applying pharmaceutical principles.

The second edition brings a balance of material between pharmaceutics and compounding and adds a dozen new chapters. Many of the previous chapters have been expanded significantly to strengthen the applicable pharmaceutics information and have been updated to reflect the state-of-the-art of compounding. Relevant principles of both compounding and pharmaceutics are organizationally presented in a similar order so the material in the later chapters builds on content from the earlier chapters. The book is illustrated extensively. It serves as an excellent text for a pharmacy technician seeking advanced training, a pharmacy student currently enrolled in a School of Pharmacy, or a pharmacist developing a compounding service.

New to this title is Internet-based material. The online resource Pharmaceutics Library is an open website designed to enhance the presentation of material and increase students' preparation and learning. The site has been designated a Basic Resource for Pharmaceutical Education by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) since 1999. The materials available on the website include: (1) laboratory exercises that can be adapted for either pharmaceutics or compounding; (2) formulation records of compounds developed and used at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy; (3) instructional videos (all of the photo series in the book have a video clip counterpart); (4) instructional videos not found in the book; and (5) an interactive question bank for students to self-assess their own learning and understanding.

Contents
Chapter 1: What is Compounding and Why Do It?
Chapter 2: Regulatory Aspects of Compounding
Chapter 3: An Order to Compound
Chapter 4: Compounding Facilities and Equipment
Chapter 5: Quality Assurance
Chapter 6: Drug Product Stability
Chapter 7: Weighing and Measuring
Chapter 8: Overview of Solutions
Chapter 9: Compounded Oral Solutions
Chapter 10: Flavoring, Sweetening, and Coloring Oral Formulations
Chapter 11: Colloids and Gels
Chapter 12: Suspensions
Chapter 13: Emulsions
Chapter 14: Semisolid Dosage Forms
Chapter 15: Dermatological Formulations: Ointments and Pastes
Chapter 16: Lozenges and Medication Sticks
Chapter 17: Suppositories
Chapter 18: Medicated Powder Formulations
Chapter 19: Capsules
Chapter 20: Introduction to Tablets
Chapter 21: Compounded Tablets
Chapter 22: Modified Release Drug Delivery System
Chapter 23: Compounded Modified Release Formulations
Chapter 24: Sterile Compounded Formulations: Routes of Administration
Chapter 25: Sterile Compounding - Part 1: Equipment, Devices, and Processes
Chapter 26: Sterile Compounding - Part 2: Aseptic Techniques
Chapter 27: Home Health Care
Chapter 28: Ophthalmics Formulations
Chapter 29: Otic Formulations
Chapter 30: Radiopharmaceutics

INDEX