General Pharmacy Notes PDF
General Pharmacy (BP102T) unit-wise notes for B.Pharm Semester 1 — covering the history of the pharmacy profession, pharmacopoeias, pharmaceutical calculations, and solid, liquid & semisolid dosage forms, mapped to the official PCI 2026 syllabus.
Syllabus
Unit-wise topics mapped to the official PCI NEP 2020 syllabus
Introduction to the Profession of Pharmacy
- History of the pharmacy profession in India — pharmacy education, industries and organizations: evolution, development and milestones
- Scope of the pharmacy profession — role of pharmacists in community, hospital/clinical and industrial pharmacy including R&D
- Pharmacopoeias — introduction to IP, BP, USP, BPC, International Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary of India; structure of the Indian Pharmacopoeia; a model IP monograph
- Introduction to prescriptions — structure/format, handling of prescriptions, Latin terminology
Pharmaceutical Calculations & Introduction to Dosage Forms
- Metric system of weights and measures; calculations based on alligation, proof spirit, isotonic solutions, dilute solutions and geometric dilution
- Posology — dose calculation based on age, body weight and body surface area
- Introduction to dosage forms — routes of administration and classification
- Introduction to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients — definition, ideal characteristics and importance
Solid Dosage Forms
- Powders — classification, advantages/disadvantages; dusting, effervescent, efflorescent and hygroscopic powders; eutectic mixtures
- Tablets — definition, types (including moulded tablets and pills), advantages/disadvantages, excipients and methods of preparation
- Capsules — definition, types, advantages/disadvantages, capsule sizes, excipients and methods of preparation
Monophasic & Biphasic Liquids
- Internal-use liquids — aromatic waters, syrups, elixirs and linctus
- External-use liquids — liniments, lotions, throat paints, applications, gargles, mouthwashes, enemas, eye/ear/nasal drops and tinctures
- Suspensions — flocculated and deflocculated types, advantages/disadvantages, excipients and general preparation methods
- Emulsions — types, emulsifying agents, identification tests, excipients and general preparation methods
Semisolid Dosage Forms
- Definitions, classification, advantages/disadvantages; ointment bases and other excipients; general methods of preparing ointments, pastes, creams and gels
- Suppositories/pessaries — types, advantages/disadvantages, formulation excipients, ideal base properties, types of suppository bases, displacement value and general preparation method
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💡 Pharmacy Fact
Before a single molecule of pharmacology or chemistry is taught, General Pharmacy is the subject that opens B.Pharm Semester 1 — it's essentially the "how the profession came to be" course, tracing pharmacy from a trade into a regulated science governed by pharmacopoeias like the IP, BP and USP.
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