Elixirs are clear, sweetened hydroalcoholic solutions intended for oral use and are usually flavored to enhance their palatability. Nonmedicated elixirs are employed as vehicles, and medicated elixirs are used for the therapeutic effect of the medicinal substances they contain. Compared with syrups, elixirs are usually less sweet and less viscous because they contain a lower […]
Preparation of syrups is done by one of four general methods, depending on the physical and chemical characteristics of the ingredients. Methods of syrups preparation Broadly stated, these methods are: Solution of the ingredients with the aid of heat. Solution of the ingredients by agitation without the use of heat or the simple admixture of […]
Syrups are concentrated aqueous preparations of a sugar or sugar substitute with or without flavoring agents and medicinal substances. Syrups containing flavoring agents but not medicinal substances are called nonmedicated or flavored vehicles (syrups). These syrups are intended to serve as pleasant-tasting vehicles for medicinal substances to be added in the extemporaneous compounding of prescriptions […]