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  OINTMENTS ARE SEMISOLID DOSAGE FORMS INTENDED FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION TO SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE .

  2 TYPES
  MEDICATED :EITHER DISSOLVED OR DISPERSED IN A VEHICLE AS FINE POWDER e.g STEROIDS
  NON MEDICATED : UNMEDICATED OINTMENTS ARE USED FOR PHYSICAL .EXAMPLE :PROTECTANTS or LUBRICANTS.

  OINTMENT BASES
  OINTMENT BASES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR GENERAL GROUPS.
  OLEAGINOUS BASES.
  ABSORPTION BASES.
  WATER-REMOVABLE
  WATER SOLUBLE BASES

  SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE BASE
  DEPENDS UPON PURPOSE FOR WHICH OINTNENT IS GOING TO BE APPLIED
  DESIRED RELEASE OF DRUG
  SUBSTANCE FROM OINTMENT BASE
  DESIRABILITY OF TOPICAL ABSORPTION

  METHOD OF PREPARATION
  2 TYPES
  1) INCORPORATION
  2) FUSION

  PRESERVATION
  BY ADDING ANTIMICROBIALS LIKE
  METHYLPARABEN
  PROPYLPARABEN

  PACKAGING
  OINTMENTS SHOULD BE PACKAGED SO THAT THERE ARE NO AIR SPACES IN JAR MUST BE STORED IN WELL CLOSED CONTAINER TO AVOID CONTAMINATION.

  STORAGE
  STORE AT COOL PLACE TO AVOID SOFTENING AND LIQUIFICATION OF BASE.

  LABELLING
  IT SHOULD BE LABELLED AS:
  “FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY”

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