INTRODUCTION OF TABLETS | what s tablet | ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES OF TABLETS

      

           INTRODUCTION OF TABLETS 

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Tablet   is   defined   as   a compressed solid dosage form   containing medicaments with or without excipients.

 According to the Indian pharmacopoeia-pharmaceutical tablets are solid, flat or biconvex dishes, unit dosage form, prepared by compressing a drug or a mixture of drugs, with or without diluents.

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ADVANTAGES OF TABLET AS DOSAGE FORM-:

·       More stable than liquid dosage forms, may have longer shelf –life.

·       Portable, easy to handle.

·       Better in accuracy & precision of dose.

·       Cost is lowest of all oral dosage form.

·       Easiest and cheapest to package and strip.

·       Objectionable odorand bitter taste can be masked by coating technique.

·       Greatest chemical and microbial stability over all oral dosage form.

·       Sustained release product is possible by enteric coating.

DISADVANTAGES OF TABLETS AS A DOSAGE FORM-:

·       Difficult to swallow in case of children and unconscious patients. 

·       Disintegration  &  dissolution  of  tablets  are  rate  determining  factors  for drug absorption & usually they show slow onset of action.

·       Slower onset of action than parental dosage form.

·       Drugs having low bulk density cannot be formulated into dense compact tablets.

·       Tablets cannot be used in emergency cases.