FAST DISSOLVING TABLET: A REVIEW
Priyanka Raj*, Chithrashree G.S., Darshini P.S., Divya M.S., Thanmayi V. and Ranjeetha A.R.
ABSTRACT
Fast dissolving Tablets are disintegrating and/or dissolve rapidly in the saliva without the need for water. Some tablets are designed to dissolve in saliva remarkably fast, within a few seconds, and are true fast-dissolving tablets. Others contain agents to enhance the rate of tablet disintegration in the oral cavity, and are more appropriately termed fast-disintegrating tablets, as they may take up to a minute to completely disintegrate. Oral delivery is currently the gold standard in the pharmaceutical industry where it is regarded as the safest, most convenient and most economical method of drug delivery having the highest patient compliance. Paediatric, elderly and mentally handicapped patients can be readily administered. Accurate dose as compared to liquids may be provided. Advantageous in terms of administration and transportation over fluid medication. No risk of suffocation when swallowed owing to physical disturbance, thus enhancing safety. ODTs are appropriate for sustained and controlled release actives.
Keywords: Super disintegrants, Disintegration, diclofenac tablet and dissolution.
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