Short note on pharmacopoeia

            Short note on pharmacopoeia

A.       British pharmacopoeia codex (B.P.C)

B.P.C Stands for “British pharmacopoeia codex” it is the council of the pharmaceutical society of Great Britain decided to prepare a reference book for the use of medical practitioner & dispensing pharmacist.

The first edition of BPC was published in 1939 , 1954 , 1959 , 1963 , 1968 & 1973.

One the request of BP commition the council of pharmaceutical society agreed in 1959 for publication of codex to concede with that of BP.

B.  British pharmacopeia. (BP)

BP stands for “British pharmacopoeia” the responsibility of publishing the British pharmacopoeia has rested upon the general medical council since the medical act 1858. According to the recommendations of the Macmill an committed for the preparing new edition of the pharmacopoeia was entrust by general medical council to the pharmacopeia commition.

The pharmacopoeia commition is reconstituted from time to time. A new edition of British pharmacopoeia is prepared & published since 1948 & then published at intervals of five years 1953 , 1958 , 1963 , 1968 , 1973 & 1978 , 1983 , 1988.

British pharmacopoeia is the source of official slandered for drug in the United Kingdom & other countries of the world.

It is the main source of pharmaceutical knowledge about pharmaceutical products & slandered & it also the method of analysis of the same.

C.                       Extra pharmacopeia.

The “Extra pharmacopoeia” was first produced in 1883 by William martinada and is still known as “martinada”. This is an authorized reference book on drugs & it is used throughout the world. It provides all sorts of latest information on drug & medicine. The extra pharmacopoeia is prepared by consulting the pharmacopoeias of other countries. The twenty eight edition was published in December 1989 by direction of the council of the royal pharmaceutical society of are at Britain and prepared in the society’s Department of pharmaceutical sciences.  

Formularies:- Formularies contains a list of drugs & other related substances regarding their sources description test formula preparing the same action uses dose storage condition etc.

Non-official compendia :- The books other them official drug compendia which are used as secondary reference sources for drugs & other related substance are known as non-official drug compendia. This includes Merck under the United States dispensatory.

F.          The United states Pharmacopeia.( U.S.P)

USP stands for “The united states pharmacopoeia” .

The USP is recognized as official compendia & is used as reference book for determining the strength quality purity packaging & labeling of drugs & other related articles the USP was originally published in 1920 under the authority of the united state pharmacopoeia convention. Then the new edition of this book ravished. So long it is continued in our present age.