An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences

10

The top five most common or long-selling drugs

Learning objective

This chapter is the heart of this book. It discusses some drugs that have either been widely used, used for many years, or achieved blockbuster status (Figure 10.1). Students will learn:

Figure 10.1 The structure of and brief information on five common or long-selling drugs

•. how the drugs amoxicillin, aspirin, paracetamol, ranitidine, and ciprofloxacin were discovered

•. how these drugs are manufactured

•. what the dosage forms for these drugs are

•. how the dosage forms ...