Types of Dosage Forms
- Created by: Ohill10
- Created on: 28-03-18 12:43
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- Solid Oral Dosage Forms
- Effervescent tablet
- uncoated, acid, rapid dispersion/ dissolution, saccharin= sweet, packaging for stability
- Buccal / Sublingual tablet
- dissolve rapidly & absorb through mucous membranes, bypass stomach & liver
- Tablet/Caplet
- Hard compressed medication in a round oval or square shape
- Dosage Forms
- Liquid oral preparations
- solutions
- clear, API dissolved in solvent (alcohol, glycerin, propylene glycol or purified water
- emulsions
- oil in water dispersions, either/both phases contain solid
- suspensions
- liquid , API suspended in suitable vehicle (eg liquid- water with cellulose derivative polymers & thickening agents
- syrup
- conc aq solution of sugar for taste
- elixir
- nice tasting, clear, ethanol, water, preservatives,sucrose
- linctus
- viscous liquid, syrup & glycerol- demulcent effect
- oral drops
- small volumes, solutions, suspensions or emulsions
- solutions
- Liquid oral preparations
- Capsule
- gelatin / HPMC matrix -masks taste, can be hard or soft shelled (solid or oil etc)
- Oral granules
- solid dry aggregates of powder particles, can be effervescent/ dissolve in water or drink with water
- Fast dissolving oral delivery formulations
- melts/ orodispersible tablets, dissolves/ disintegrates rapidly in mouth
- Effervescent tablet
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