Abstract

ORODISPERSIBLE TABLETS – A REVIEW

V.P. Pandey and J.Joysa Ruby*

ABSTRACT

Tablets constitute a major portion of drug delivery systems that are presently available. The aim of any drug delivery system is to ease patient compliance and orodispersible tablets are suitable for the same. There is a demand for more patient friendly and compliant dosage forms. As a result the demand for developing new technologies has been increasing annually. Mouth dissolving tablets are ideal for many groups of patients including geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatrics and for those people who have difficulty in swallowing These tablet dosage forms are popularly known as mouth dissolving, fast melting, fast dissolving, orodispersible according to inventors. The main attribute of this drug delivery is administration without water and thus making tablets highly attractive for patients such as children and elderly.

Keywords: orodispersible, patient friendly, new technology, elderly