Abstract

FAST DISSOLVING TABLET – REVIEW ARTICLE

K.Umasankar*, P.Jayachandra Reddy, V.Prabhakaran

Abstract

Fast dissolving Tablets are disintegrating and/or dissolve rapidly in the saliva without the need for water. Some tablets are designed to dissolve in saliva remarkably fast, within a few seconds, and are true fastdissolving tablets. Others contain agents to enhance the rate of tablet disintegration in the oral cavity, and are more appropriately termed fast-disintegrating tablets, as They may take up to a minute to completely disintegrate. Oral delivery is currently the goldstandard in the pharmaceutical industry where it is regarded as the safest, most convenient and most economical method of drug delivery having the highest patient compliance.

Keywords: FDT, Orodispersible tablets, Fast dissolving/dispersing tablets, Melt in mouth tablets, Mass extrusion, Superdisintegrants.