Routes Of Administration Oral (Tablets) Flashcards
1
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What is the pH in the stomach and transit time?
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- pH (fasted) 1/2, pH (fed) 4/5
- 0/3 hr
2
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What is the pH and transit time in the small intestine
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- pH 5/7
- 3/4 hr
3
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What is the pH and transit time in the large intestine?
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- pH 6/7.5
- transit time highly variable
4
Q
What are the advantages of the oral route?
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- Most common route
- Simplest / convenient
- Modified release formulations available
- High Surface area with good absorptive capacity
5
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What are the Oral route advantages?
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- Most common route
- Simplest, convenient, safe
- Modified release formulations available
- High surface area with good absorptive capacity
6
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What are the Oral route disadvantages?
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- Slower onset of action (dissolution is the rate limiting step)
- Variable absorption (changes with age, gender)
- Hostile environment (GI secretions, enzymes)
- First pass metabolism
- Difficult to reverse therapy
- GI irritation
7
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What is the British pharmacopeia’s definition of a tablet?
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- Are solid preparations each containing a single dose of 1 or more active substances
- Obtained by compressing uniform volumes of particles
- Tablets are intended for Oral Administration (some are swallowed whole, chewed, dissolved, dispersed or retained
8
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What are the advantages of Tablets?
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- Convenient to take and handle
- Better chemical, physical and microbiological stability compared to liquids (better shelf life)
- Precise dosing of drug
- Relatively cheap to mass produce with consistent quality
9
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What do all tablets need to be?
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- Include the correct dose of drug
- Be consistent in weight, size
- Release drug in controlled and reproducible manner
- Be biocompatible and not harm patients
- Be of sufficient mechanical strength
- Be chemically, physically, and microbiological stable
10
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What are the different types of tablets?
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- Disintegrating
- Gastro resistant
- Modified release
- Dispersible
- Effervescent
- Sublingual and Buccal
- Lozenges and Pastilles
11
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What is the disintegrating tablet?
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- Most common type
- Swallowed and released in a short time
- Excipients used are not intended to modify the drug release profile. Can be coated or uncoated
12
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What are gastro resistant tablets?
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- They are delayed release tablets
- Intended to resist the gastric fluid and to release the drug in the intestinal fluid
- Prepared by covering the tablets with gastro resistant coating
13
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What are modified release tablets?
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- Coated or uncoated tablets that contain special excipients and prepared by special procedures to modify rate or place
- Normally swallowed whole
—Prolonged release : drug released slowly at a constant rate
—Delayed release : drug is released some time after Administration
—Pulsatile release : drug is released from the formulation in 2 or more pulses
14
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What are dispersible tablets?
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- Can be coated or uncoated intended to be dispersed in water before Oral Administration
- Orodispersible tablets are uncoated tablets intended to be placed in the mouth where they disperse before swallowed
- Soluble tablets can be uncoated or film coated intended to be dissolved in water before Administration
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What are effervescent tablets?
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- They are uncoated tablets intended to be dissolved or dispersed in water before Administration
- Containing a weak acid and a carbonate/ bicarbonate which react rapidly in the presence of water to release CO2
- High carbonate results in a buffer solution temporarily increases stomach pH
- Leads to fast emptying of stomach content
- Allows drugs to enter the intestine faster for absorption
- Provides a faster drug absorption and minimise stomach irritation
