A Review on Orodisintegrating Tablets
Corresponding Author(s) : Srishti Jain
ijamscr@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): 2020 Volume 8- Issue -2
Abstract
Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) as well as critical issues during evaluation of ODTs such as bioequivalence and challenges and limitations of ODTs and finally present and the future of ODTs. ODTs have received ever- increasing demand and the field has become a rapidly growing area in the pharmaceutical industry. Upon introduction into the mouth, these tablets dissolve or disintegrate in the mouth in the absence of additional water. When ODTs are put on tongue they disintegrate instantaneously, releasing the drug which dissolve or disperses in the saliva. Some drugs are absorbed from the mouth, pharynx and esophagus as the saliva passes down in to the stomach. In such cases, bioavailability of a drug is significantly greater than those observed from conventional tablet dosage form. The advantages of mouth dissolving dosage form are increasingly being recognized in both, industry and academia. Their growing importance has been underlined recently when European Pharmacopoeia adopted the term “Orodispersible Tablet” as tablet that is to be place in the mouth where it disperses rapidly before swallowing. ODTs have some challenges but solutions to overcome these challenges were shown in this paper.
Keywords
Taste masking
Orally disintegrating
Orodispersible
Tablets
Fast
Advantages
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Srishti Jain. A Review on Orodisintegrating Tablets. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 15 [cited 2026 May 2];8(2):334-40. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/870
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[3]. Vijay D. Wagh, Taste Masking Methods and Techniques in Oral Pharmaceuticals: Current Perspectives, Journal of Pharmacy Research 2(6), 2009, 1049-1054.
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http://www.pheur.org. Accessed 2007.
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