Neues Rezeptur-Formularium

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Such national formularies are good starting points for formulations as they may have been tested or supported by published or validated formulae. A secrnid example is the German Formulary (Neues Rezeptur-Formularium, see Sect. 39.4.2). In the UK, the Handbook of Extemporaneous Preparation (see Sect. 39.4.6) also lists a selectimi of 50 commonly used formulae, and the British Pharmacopoeia has a small number of formulatirMis detailed. The existence... 

In the case of medicines for cutaneous use (e.g. dermatology medicines), the concentration of the active substance is usually written as a percentage. The prescriber writes the amount and the frequency with which the dermatologic medicine has to be applied. The doctor usually writes the part of the body on which the patient should apply the preparation. In this way the pharmacist can check whether the prescribed amount is sufficient. Furthermore it is also important to know whether the cutaneous medicine has to be applied thickly (liberally) or thinly. A practical device for dosing a cutaneous preparation is the fingertip unit (FTU), see Table 12.3. In Germany, the Neues Rezeptur-Formularium for doctors [7] contains a useful outline figure for the prescriber to mark the area of application (Fig. 2.7). 

Basiscreme DAC B-020. Fassung 2011. In Deutscher Arzneimittel-Codex/Neues Rezeptur-Formularium. GOVI-Vta-lag Pharmazeutischer Verlag, Eschbom. Deutscher Apotheker-Vta-lag, Stuttgart... 

Deutscher Arzneimittel-Codex/Neues Rezeptur-Formularium... 

Deutscher Arzneimittel-Codex/Neues Rezeptur-Formularium (DAC/NRF) is a German collection of general information about specification and identification of substances, pharmacy preparation and quality control, monographs of substances and formulas including preparation methods. 

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