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Dispensary and Excipient

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Difference between Dispensary and Excipient

Dispensary vs. Excipient

A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment. An excipient is a substance formulated alongside the active ingredient of a medication, included for the purpose of long-term stabilization, bulking up solid formulations that contain potent active ingredients in small amounts (thus often referred to as "bulking agents", "fillers", or "diluents"), or to confer a therapeutic enhancement on the active ingredient in the final dosage form, such as facilitating drug absorption, reducing viscosity, or enhancing solubility.

Similarities between Dispensary and Excipient

Dispensary and Excipient have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Active ingredient, Medication.

Active ingredient

An active ingredient (AI) is the ingredient in a pharmaceutical drug that is biologically active.

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Medication

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Dispensary and Excipient Comparison

Dispensary has 46 relations, while Excipient has 109. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 1.29% = 2 / (46 + 109).

References

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