Ointment
- Consisted medicament s (dissolve or distributed)
- Usually oily preparation
- Main containing a surfactant emulsifying agents
- Easy to wash off than ointment
- Use as emollient of protects use, drug diversionary
- Use as antiseptic
- Local anesthetic
- Applied with or without massage
- Prepares by simple mixing or fusion. (Ex: with field’s ointment B.P., Calamine ointment B.P., Sulphide and Salicylic acid ointment B.P. – mixing method ) (Ex: emulsifying ointment B.P., simple ointment, paraffin ointment B.P.)
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