Tablets can be prepared by compression or molding and contain drug substances with or without diluents. There are several types of tablets including compressed tablets, which contain no coating; sugar coated tablets, which have a sugar coating to mask tastes or protect from oxidation; and enteric coated tablets, whose coating resists stomach acid but dissolves in the intestine to protect drugs that would be destroyed in the stomach. Extended release tablets are compressed tablets formulated to slowly release the drug over a prolonged period.
Tablets can be prepared by compression or molding and contain drug substances with or without diluents. There are several types of tablets including compressed tablets, which contain no coating; sugar coated tablets, which have a sugar coating to mask tastes or protect from oxidation; and enteric coated tablets, whose coating resists stomach acid but dissolves in the intestine to protect drugs that would be destroyed in the stomach. Extended release tablets are compressed tablets formulated to slowly release the drug over a prolonged period.
Tablets can be prepared by compression or molding and contain drug substances with or without diluents. There are several types of tablets including compressed tablets, which contain no coating; sugar coated tablets, which have a sugar coating to mask tastes or protect from oxidation; and enteric coated tablets, whose coating resists stomach acid but dissolves in the intestine to protect drugs that would be destroyed in the stomach. Extended release tablets are compressed tablets formulated to slowly release the drug over a prolonged period.
Tablets can be prepared by compression or molding and contain drug substances with or without diluents. There are several types of tablets including compressed tablets, which contain no coating; sugar coated tablets, which have a sugar coating to mask tastes or protect from oxidation; and enteric coated tablets, whose coating resists stomach acid but dissolves in the intestine to protect drugs that would be destroyed in the stomach. Extended release tablets are compressed tablets formulated to slowly release the drug over a prolonged period.
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TABLETS :
Tablets may be defined as solid
pharmaceutical dosage forms containing drug substances with or without suitable diluents and prepared either by compression or molding methods Compressed tablets. These tablets are formed by compression and contain no special coating. They are made from powdered, crystalline or granular materials ,alone or in combination with binders , dis integrant , lubricants ,diluents and many cases, colorants. Sugar coated tablets These are compressed tablets containing a sugar coating. Such coating may be colored and are beneficial in covering up drug substances possessing objectionable tastes or odors and in protecting materials sensitive to oxidation Enteric coated tablets These are compressed tablets which are covered with a thin layer or film of a water soluble material Film coated tablets.
These are compressed tablets which are covered with a thin layer or film of a water soluble material Film coated tablets Enteric coated tablets These are compressed tablets coated with substances that resist solution in gastric fluid but disintegrate in the intestine. Enteric coatings can be used for tablets containing drug substances which are inactivated or destroyed in the stomach, for those which irritate the mucosa or as a means of delayed release of the medication Multiple compressed tablets These are compressed tablets made by more than one compression cycle. Extended release tablets Compressed tablets can be formulated to release the drug slowly over a prolonged period of time. .Expressions such as Prolonged action ,Repeat action, Sustained release Sublingual tablets Sublingual tablet are intended to be inserted beneath the tongue, where the active ingredient is absorbed directly through the oral mucosa such as nitroglycerine and steroid hormone Buccal tablets Buccal tablets are intended to be inserted in the buccal pouch e.g. Oxytocin tablet Hypodermic tablets Hypodermic tablets are intended for use in making preparations for hypodermic injection such as steroid hormone Effervescent tablets Effervescent tablets are prepared by compression and contain in addition to active incredients, mixtures of acids and sodium bicarbonate, which release carbon dioxide when dissolved in water Chewable tablets Chewable tablets are intended to be chewed. These tablets have been used in tablet formulations for children, especially multivitamin formulation and for the administration of antacids
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