Tablets are the solid dosage forms containing medicament, (or) medicaments, usually circular in shape and may be flat (or) biconvex. Tablets are prepared by compression method.
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Types of tablets
(A) Tablets ingested orally:
- Compressed tablets
- Multiple compressed tablets
- multi-layered tablets
- Sustained action tablets
- Enteric coating tablets
- Sugar-coated tablets
- Film-coated tablets
- Chewable tablets
(B) Tablets administered by other routes :
- Implantation tablets
- Vaginal tablets
(C) Tablets used in the oral cavity:
- Buccal tablets
- Sublingual tablets
- Lozenge tablets
- Dental cones
(D) Tablets used to prepare a solution:
- Effervescent tablets
- Dispensing tablets
- Hydrodermic tablets
- Tablet tritmates
Also read: Method of extraction