Oral Solid Dosage Forms Overview

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What is the primary reason tablets are more widely accepted than capsules?

Faster absorption
Lower cost (correct)
Easier to swallow
More customizable dosage

Tablets are always biconvex in shape.

False (B)

What method is commonly used to prepare tablets?

Compression

Tablets may contain medicaments with or without suitable ________ prepared by compression or molding.

excipients Signup and view all the answers

Match the following excipients to their purposes:

Diluents = To enhance taste Binders = To ensure efficient tableting Disintegrates = To promote tablet break up Sweeteners = To make smoother and easier to swallow Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT an excipient used in tablets?

Adhesives (C) Signup and view all the answers

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Oral Solid Dosage Forms

Tablets and capsules are the most popular forms of oral solid dosage forms.
Tablets are preferred over capsules due to their lower cost, ease of handling, packaging, and identification, and manufacturing efficiency.
Tablets are defined as solid unit pharmaceutical dosage forms containing medication with or without excipients.
Tablets are typically prepared by compression, referred to as "Compressed Tablets."
Compressed tablets are usually circular in shape and can be flat or biconvex.
Excipients are added to tablets for various purposes:
- Diluents, binders, glidents, and lubricants: Ensure efficient tableting.
- Disintegrants: Promote tablet break-up in the digestive tract.
- Sweeteners or flavors: Enhance taste.
- Polymer coating: Improves tablet smoothness for easier swallowing, controls the release rate of the active ingredient, and increases resistance to the environment.