New Approach on Rapid Mouth Dissolving Tablets: A Review

  • *Chandan Bisht1, Dr. Jagannath Sahoo2, Dr. Irfan Khan3 1,2Shri Ram Murti Smarak College of Eng.& Tech(Department of Pharmacy)Bareilly, India 1,3Deccan Healthcare Pvt. Ltd .Pantnagar Industrial area. India

Abstract

Mouth Dissolving Tablet (MDT) technology has been gaining significance now-a-days with wide variety of drugs serving many purposes. Mouth Dissolving Tablets (MDT) has ever increased their demand in the last decade since they disintegrate in saliva in less than 60 seconds. Mouth Dissolving Drug Delivery Systems serves as a major benefit over the conventional dosage forms since the drug gets rapidly disintegrated & dissolves in the saliva without the use of water. In spite of the downside i.e., lack of immediate onset of action; these oral dosage forms have beneficial such as self-medication, increased the patient compliance, ease of manufacturing and lack of pain as comparison to conventional technologies.  The objective of this article is to review the development of MDTs, challenges in formulation, he objective of this article is to review the development of MDTs, challenges in formulation,  benefit, limitation ,new MDT technologies and evaluation methodologies.benefit, limitation ,new MDT technologies and evaluation methodologies.

 

KEYWORDS: Mouth Dissolving Drug delivery systems, MDT, conventional technologies, Patient compliance.

Published
2013-04-29
How to Cite
Dr. Irfan Khan3 *Chandan B. D. J. S. (2013). New Approach on Rapid Mouth Dissolving Tablets: A Review. Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2(2). Retrieved from http://jbpr.in/index.php/jbpr/article/view/428
Section
Review Articles