Chemicals and Drugs

Suspensions

Colloids with liquid continuous phase and solid dispersed phase; the term is used loosely also for solid-in-gas (AEROSOLS) and other colloidal systems; water-insoluble drugs may be given as suspensions.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Colloids with liquid continuous phase and solid dispersed phase; the term is used loosely also for solid-in-gas (AEROSOLS) and other colloidal systems; water-insoluble drugs may be given as suspensions.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Suspension

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in suspension, not the "suspension"

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  1. D20.280w.810w
  2. D26.255w.165w.810w

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NLM Classification

QV 786.5.C7

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Suspensions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013535. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013535
  2. Suspensions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_(chemistry)
  3. Suspensions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26100