TABLETS II

Question 1

are flat, oval tablets intended to be dissolved in the buccal pouch (buccal tablets) or beneath the tongue (sublingual tablets) for absorption through the oral mucosa.

Answer 1

Buccal and Sublingual tablets

Question 2

They enable oral absorption of drugs that are destroyed by the gastric juice and/or are poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.

Answer 2

Buccal and Sublingual tablets

Question 3

are designed to erode slowly

Answer 3

Buccal

Question 3

dissolve promptly and provide rapid drug effects.

Answer 3

Sublingual tablets

Question 3

They are intended to be slowly dissolved in the oral cavity, usually for local effects, although some are formulated for systemic absorption.

Answer 3

Buccal and Sublingual tablets

Question 4

Lozenges or troches are disc-shaped solid dosage forms containing a medicinal agent and generally a flavoring substance in a hard candy or sugar base.

Answer 4

Buccal and Sublingual tablets

Question 5

Have a smooth, rapid disintegration when chewed or allowed to dissolve in the mouth, have a creamy base, usually of specially flavored and colored mannitol

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Chewable Tablets

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Useful for administration of large tablets to children and adults who have difficulty swallowing solid dosage form

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Chewable Tablets

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Prepared by compressing granular effervescent salts that release gas when in contact with water.

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Effervescent tablets

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Generally contain medicinal substances that dissolve rapidly when added to water.

Answer 8

Effervescent tablets

Question 9

can assist in breaking up the tablets and enhancing the dissolution of the active drug.

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bubble chain

Question 10

Certain tablets, such as tablet triturates, may be prepared by molding rather than by compression

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Molded tablets

Question 11

The resultant tablets are very soft and soluble and are designed for rapid dissolution

Answer 11

Molded tablets

Question 11

The few tablet triturates that remain are used sublingually, such as NTG tablets.

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Tablet Triturates

Question 11

Small, usually cylindrical, molded, or compressed tablets containing small amounts of usually potent drugs

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Tablet Triturates

Question 11

A combination of sucrose and lactose is usually the diluent.

Answer 11

Tablet Triturates

Question 12

Originally used by physicians in extemporaneous preparation of parenteral solution

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Hypodermic tablets

Question 12

the tablets were a convenience, since they could be easily carried in the physician’s medicine bag and injections prepared to meet the needs of the individual patients.

Answer 12

Hypodermic tablets

Question 13

The required number of tablets was dissolved in a suitable vehicle, sterility attained, and the injection performed.

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Hypodermic tablets

Question 14

However, the difficulty in achieving sterility and the availability of prefabricated injectable products, some in disposable syringes, have eliminated the need for hypodermic tablets.

Answer 14

Hypodermic tablets

Question 15

Designed to disintegrate and release their medication with no special rate-controlling features, such as special coatings and other techniques

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Immediate-Release tablets

Question 16

Rapid-release tablets (rapidly dissolving tablets or RDTs) are characterized by disintegrating or dissolving in the mouth within 1 minute, some within 10 seconds

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Rapidly Disintegrating or Dissolving Tablets

Question 17

There are no standards that define an RDT, but one possibility is dissolution in the mouth within approximately 15 seconds; anything slower would not be categorized as rapidly dissolving.

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Rapidly Disintegrating or Dissolving Tablets

Question 18

Designed to release their medication in a predetermined manner over an extended period

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Extended-Release tablets

Question 18

Tablets of this type are designed for children and the elderly or for any patient who has difficulty in swallowing tablets. They liquefy on the tongue, and the patient swallows the liquid

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Rapidly Disintegrating or Dissolving Tablets

Question 19

Vaginal inserts, are uncoated, bullet-shaped, or ovoid tablets inserted into the vagina for local effects.

Answer 19

Vaginal tablets

Question 20

They are prepared by compression and shaped to fit snugly on plastic inserter devices that accompany the product.

Answer 20

Vaginal tablets