Composition of the USP Pharmacists Pharmacopeia (Cont'd)

On our ongoing review of the sections of the USP Pharmacists Pharmacopeia that are directly applicable to compounding and pharmacy practice, see the following:

Ever need an excipient but couldn't think of what was available?

The full version of the USP Pharmacists Pharmacopeia lists the categories and a listing of the official excipients.

There is also a Reference Listing section in the full version with detailed physicochemical descriptions of official articles that is very handy to use.

Loyd V. Allen, Jr., PhD, RPh
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy Twenty-second edition

Did You Know (On the University) ...

The following...

"A university is a place where pebbles are polished and diamonds dimmed." (Ingersoll)

"Never open the door to a little voice lest a great one enter with it." (Emerson)

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From Out of the Past

Prickly pears
Are picked for
Pickles
But no peach picks a face that prickles.
     Burma-Shave