Solid Dosage Forms

Question 1

What is a pressed disc or other small shaped powdery active pharmaceutical ingredient and excipients (fillers, binders, and colorants) that are the most popular dosage form?

Answer 1

Tablets

Question 2

What tablets that have lines on them make it easy for the patient to divide (cut) the tablet into fractions

Answer 2

Scored Tablets

Question 3

What types of tablets have a delayed-release that does not dissolve until after they pass through the stomach and enter the small intestines

Answer 3

(Swallow Whole Do Not Crush Or Chew)

• Enteric-Coated (EC) Tablet
  (e. g.) enteric-coated aspirin

Question 4

What types of tablets is delivered by mouth in the tissue beneath the tongue, directly into the bloodstreams?

Answer 4

(Dissolve Under Tongue Do Not Swallow Whole)

• Sublingual (SL) Tablet
  (e. g.) nitroglycerin sublingual tablet

Question 5

What types of tablets are delivered by the mouth above the tongue that dissolves in the saliva of the mouth

Answer 5

(Dissolve In Mouth Do Not Swallow Whole)

• Orally Disintegrating Tablet (ODT)
  (e. g.) ondansetron

Question 6

What is the second most popular dosage form that is composed of two parts: 1) shell, and 2) contents - drug powder, pellets, or tiny tablets?

Answer 6

Capsules

Question 7

What is the rendition (version) yellow or red capsule referred to as “gelcaps” or “softgels” that has a relatively transparent shell with liquid contents

Answer 7

• Soft Gelatin Capsule

(e. g.) Lovaza and Tessalon Perles

Question 8

What are capsule-shaped tablets?

Answer 8

• Caplets

(e. g.) Tylenol Extra Strength and Valtrex

Question 9

What medicated candies are designed to dissolve and release slowly within the oral cavity?

Answer 9

• Lozenges

(e. g.) Cepacol Sore Throat Lozenge and Clotrimazole - tablet lozenge

Question 10

What are compressed lozenges?

Answer 10

• Troches

many healthcare professionals use the terms “lozenge” and “troche” interchangeably