A REVIEW ON EVALUATION AND FORMULATION OF FAST DISSOLVING TABLETS

Abstract

Ashok Kumar*,Varun Bhushan,Manjeet Singhand ArtiChauhan

The concept of fast dissolving dr

ug delivery system emerged from the desire to provide patient with

conventional mean of taking their medication.

Oral routes of drug administration have wide acceptance

up to 50

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60% of total dosage forms. Solid dosage forms are popular because of ease of a

dministration,

accurate dosage, self

-

medication, pain avoidance and most importantly the patient compliance. The most

popular solid dosage forms are being tablets and capsules; one important drawback of this dosage forms

for some patients, is the difficult

y to swallow.

The excipients that are currently used as well as those that

are expected to be used for the future development of improved FDTs are described

in the review paper

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