The lab provides and introduction to the principles of compounding and dispensing of medicinal products on a small laboratory scale. Students learn to perform calculations, compounding techniques, and packaging and labeling of pharmaceutical preparations. Typical products prepared in the lab include liquid dosage forms (solutions, suspensions and emulsions), semisolids (ointments, creams, gels and pastes), suppositories, powders, and capsule filling."he lab provides and introduction to the principles of compounding and dispensing of medicinal products on a small laboratory scale. Students learn to perform calculations, compounding techniques, and packaging and labeling of pharmaceutical preparations. Typical products prepared in the lab include liquid dosage forms (solutions, suspensions and emulsions), semisolids (ointments, creams, gels and pastes), suppositories, powders, and capsule filling.
