Pharmaceutics Questions Capsules and Tablets questions with answers

Pharmaceutics Questions Capsules || || ||




and Tablets questions with answers
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What is the drug substance of a capsule and tablet made
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from? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Granules
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The capsule shell is made from ____ - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔gelatin


Name the two different types of capsule shells. -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Hard gelatin capsule and Soft
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gelatin capsule ||




Capsules are common in____ - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Compounding


Describe the structure of a hard gelatin capsule. -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔contains two parts (a body and
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a cap); the cap seals the body tightly for security
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Describe the structure of a soft gelatin capsule -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔One bodied design || || ||

, Why are capsules normally favored over tablets? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Capsules have a faster process || || || || ||



of getting to the granule inside of the gelatin shell and
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getting absorbed than do tablets
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Name the composition of a hard gelatin capsule -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Gelatin, Colorants, Wetting || || || ||



agents


Name the composition of a soft gelatin capsule -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Gelatin, Plasticizers, Dyes, || || || ||



pacifiers, preservatives, flavors, and sugars || || || ||




As you have an increase in the amount of plasticizers in
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your capsule, the softness ______ - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔increases


Where is the gelatin prepared from? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔The hydrolysis of collagen from animal || || || || || ||



connective tissue, bone skin, and sinew || || || || ||




Name the difference between type A and type B
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formation of gelatin types. - CORRECT || || || || || ||



ANSWER(S)✔✔Type A: made from pork skin || || || || ||




Type B: made from animal bones and skins
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