VPT 311: General and Systemic Veterinary Pharmacology (2+1)

COMPOUNDING AND DISPENSING OF CALAMINE LOTION 

Aim

• To prepare and dispense 30 ml of calamine lotion for topical administration

Composition

• Prepared calamine - 2 .5 g
• Zinc oxide - 1.5 gl
• Glycerine - 1 ml
• Distilled water to make - 30 ml

Procedure

• 2.5 g of calamine and 1.5 g of zinc oxide are weighed in a pillar balance weighed in a pillar balance and transferred to a mortar. One ml of glycerine is added and the contents are mixed well after adding about 5 ml of water. The contents are stirred well and transferred after making up the volume to 30 ml, into a dispensing bottle.
• The stopper is replaced and secured properly with a piece of thread and the same is packed in the usual pharmaceutical manner and dispensed.