FAST DISSOLVING TABLETS: NEEDS TO ENHANCE BIOAVAILABILITY

Abstract

Oral route is the most important and preferred route for drug administration due to the convenience, ease of administration and patient compliance. Tablet is the most preferred conventional oral unit dosage form. During tablet administration dysphasia is the main problem. Fast dissolving tablets can reduce this problem by dissolving and disintegrating rapidly within few seconds in mouth without water. Fast dissolving tablets become advantageous for those patients which have swallowing problem for example pediatric, geriatric and mentally ill patients. This review describes the introduction, advantages, disadvantages, excipients used, various techniques used in formulation and evaluation parameters.