Solid Oral Dosage Form Flashcards
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a hard, compressed medication in round, oval or square shape.
Tablet
are shiny tablet coated with sugars and/or oils that can’t be dissolve by the stomach acid which avoids stomach pain.
Enteric coated tablet
Drug tablet that are
administered by placing them in the mouth, under the tongue or between the gum and the cheek.
Buccal and Sublingual Tablet
What is the key characteristic of buccal and sublingual tablet in its absorption in the mouth mucosa
It dissolves rapidly
These are uncoated tablets that generally
contain acid substances and carbonates or
bicarbonates and which react rapidly in
the presence of water by releasing
carbon dioxide.
Effervescent Tablet
They are tablet that chewed prior to swallowing
Chewable Tablet
They are designed for administration to
children e.g. vitamin products.
Chewable Tablet
Is a medication in a gelatin container
Capsule
It is used to medicate the mouth and throat for
the slow administration of indigestion or cough
remedies.
Lozenge
It is under tablet but has high amount of sticky
binder with flavoring and coloring
Lozenge
It is a solid preparation consisting of sugar and
gum, the latter giving strength and
cohesiveness; facilitating
slow release of the medicament.
Lozenge
They are solid medicated preparations
designed to dissolve slowly in the mouth; They are softer than lozenges and their bases are either glycerol and gelatin, or acacia and sugar.
Pastilles
Smallest tablet
Pills
oral dosage forms which consist of spherical
masses prepared from one or more
medicaments incorporated with inert
excipients.
Pills
Drug in powder form that is pack in sachet or
container for mixture through feeds and
drinking water
Powder (Oral)
