Aqueous Polymeric Coatings For Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Third Edition

Download or read book Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Third Edition written by Linda A. Felton and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly updated and expanded, this new Third Edition provides the latest information on dosage, forms, film defects, and polymer characterization. Written by renowned leaders in the field, Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms is easily the most comprehensive book available on the market today. New to the Third Edition: the interaction of drugs with functional polymers the influence of processing parameters on coating quality the stabilization of polymeric film coats plasticizers and their applications in pharmaceutical coatings adhesion of polymeric films to solid substrates basic properties of latex and pseudolatex colloidal dispersions Key topics included: polymer interactions with drugs and excipients physical aging of polymeric films a complete overview and in-depth analysis of recent advances in the field, which includes information on the latest equipment used to apply polymers to a pharmaceutical system illustrated examples explaining the appropriate steps to be taken in order to solve formulation, processing, and stability problems to achieve an optimized dosage form