Inorganic Pharmacy Overview

Inorganic Pharmacy Overview

• Inorganic pharmacy is a branch of pharmaceutical sciences
• It focuses on the physicochemical properties and medicinal values of inorganic compounds
• It examines how these compounds are used to treat various diseases

Importance of Inorganic Substances in Pharmaceuticals

• Inorganic pharmaceuticals have multiple roles in the industry
• Therapeutic Purposes: Used medicinally for their therapeutic effect, including astringents and antimicrobials
• Pharmaceutical Aids: Serve as essential aids in the formulation process, such as Bentonite and talc
• Modifying Body Fluids: Used to alter the acidity or alkalinity of body fluids, including antacids, alkalis, and mineral acids
• Replacing Body Fluids: Help replenish the normal content of body fluids by providing essential minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride
• Chemical Reactions: Act as catalysts, oxidizing agents, and reducing agents in various chemical reactions within the body, like those involving platinum, nickel, and lithium aluminum hydride
• Analysis: Used in analytical tests like titrants, such as potassium permanganate

Inorganic Compounds in Pharmacy and Medicine

• Inorganic compounds are critical in several pharmaceutical applications
• Gastrointestinal Agents: Include protectives, adsorbents, acidifying agents, antacids, and cathartics. Also involve major intra and extra cellular aspects
• Electrolytes: Essential for replacement therapy, physiological ion regulation, acid-base balance, and combination therapies.
• Essential and Trace Elements: Transition elements and their compounds play essential roles. They're components of inorganic drugs, used for systemic effects, iron, haematinics, and mineral supplements.
• Topical Agents: Include protective agents, astringents, and anti-infectives

Dental Products

• Dentifrices are used in oral hygiene
• Specialized agents are used in dental therapies to address various issues
• Includes complexing and chelating agents, anti-caries agents

Radiopharmaceuticals

• Involve nuclear reactions and dosage measurements
• Methods for obtaining standards and units of activity, radioisotopes, hazards, and precautions
• Focus on half-life, clinical applications, and nomenclature
• Measurement of activity is a key aspect

Pharmaceutical Aids

• Used in pharmaceutical industries
• Include filter aids, antioxidants, adsorbents, suspending agents, preservatives, colorants, diluents, and excipients

Gases and Vapors

• Used in various medical procedures, including oxygen and anesthetic gases
• Some are used as respiratory stimulants

Miscellaneous Agents

• Include emetics, sclerosing agents, inorganic poisons, antidotes, and expectorants

Terminology in Inorganic Pharmacy

• Abrasives: Used for tooth cleaning and whitening (e.g., Dibasic calcium phosphate)
• Absorbents: Used to absorb toxins and bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) (e.g., Calcium carbonate)
• Acidifiers: Used to enhance temporary acidity in the GIT (e.g., Dilute hydrochloric acid)
• Adsorbents: Used in mild dysentery or diarrhea to absorb toxins and bacteria (e.g., Bismuth subcarbonate)
• Alkalizers: Used to induce alkaline conditions in the body (e.g., Sodium citrate)
• Anesthetics: Production of reversible loss of sensation; pain relief (e.g., Nitrous oxide)
• Analgesics: Relieve pain (e.g., Nitrous oxide)
• Antacids: Neutralize stomach acid (e.g., Aluminum hydroxide gel, Calcium carbonate, Magnesium carbonate)
• Anthelmintics: Used for worm infestations (e.g., Ammoniated mercury)
• And many other terms related to different applications in medicine and pharmacy.