Abstract

AN OVERVIEW ON BUCCOADHESIVE TABLET DOSAGE FORM

Abstract

In recent years, significant interest has been shown in the development of novel bioadhesive dosage forms for mucosal delivery of drugs that attempt to overcome these limitations. In this review, authors have described oral drug delivery, factor affecting buccal drug delivery and its relevance to new developments. Authors have tried to expand the knowledge of mucoadhesion, its mechanism, various mucoadhesive polymers as well as importance of mucoadhesion in buccal drug delivery systems. It has been well established that mucoadhesive buccal dosage forms are providing better bioavailability of the drug as compared to conventional oral solid dosage forms viz. tablets, capsules.

Keywords: Buccal drug delivery, mucoadhesion, bioadhesion.