Pharmaceutical calculations / Howard C. Ansel, PhD, Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Shelly J. Stockton, PhD, RPh, Professor, College of Pharmacy, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations -- International system of units -- Pharmaceutical measurement -- Interpretation of prescriptions and medication orders -- Density and specific gravity -- Percent strength, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration -- Calculation of doses : general considerations -- Calculation of doses : patient parameters -- Calculations involving units of activity and other measures of potency -- Selected clinical calculations -- Isotonic and buffer solutions -- Electrolyte solutions : milliequivalents, millimoles, and milliosmoles -- Intravenous infusions, parenteral admixtures, and rate-of-flow calculations -- Assessment of nutritional status, enteral and parenteral nutrition, and the food nutrition label -- Altering product strength, use of stock solutions, and problem-solving by alligation -- Reducing and enlarging formulas -- Selected calculations in contemporary compounding -- Selected calculations involving veterinary pharmaceuticals -- Selected calculations associated with plant extractives -- Calculation of active drug moiety -- Selected calculations involving radiopharmaceuticals -- Selected bioavailability and pharmacokinetic calculations -- Cost differential calculations in drug therapy.