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The source I'd love to use (Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 11th edition) doesn't even discuss inhalations. An alternative would be to add a section for "inhaled" parenteral drugs such as anesthesia under the non-injection parenteral box - which I can do if you want.
The formulation and manufacturing processes of topical gels are relatively simpler and more cost effective than other semisolid dosage forms. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] [ 8 ] The release profile of the gel can be modified by altering the properties of the gelator, allowing for continuous drug delivery. [ 1 ]
Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products presented in a specific form for use. They contain a mixture of active ingredients and inactive components ( excipients ), configured in a particular way (such as a capsule shell) and apportioned into a specific dose .
Pharmaceutical formulation, in pharmaceutics, is the process in which different chemical substances, including the active drug, are combined to produce a final medicinal product. The word formulation is often used in a way that includes dosage form .
Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 104–. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-1-4698-7194-3 .
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A tablet (also known as a pill) is a pharmaceutical oral dosage form (oral solid dosage, or OSD) or solid unit dosage form. Tablets may be defined as the solid unit dosage form of medication with suitable excipients. It comprises a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, that are pressed or compacted into a solid ...
Liquid ingredients are difficult to include in any other solid dosage form, such as a tablet. Softgels are also highly suited to potent drugs (for example, where the dose is <100 μg), where the highly reproducible filling process helps ensure each softgel has the same drug content, and because the operators are not exposed to any drug dust ...