Tablet - Solid Dosage form which may or may not contain medicinal substances with or without diluents and prepared either by compression or molding
Tablet
Solid dosage form which may or may not contain medicinal substances with or without diluents and prepared either by compression or molding
Tablet press
Tablets are compressed using?
grooved or scored
marking in tablet depending on the design of punches and dies
Caplets
capsule-shaped tablets that allow the product to be smaller than a capsule filled with an equivalent amount of powder
Boluses
large tablets intended for veterinary use
CoatedTablets
Type of tablet that has outer covering or coating
Sugar Coating
Type of tablet that is coated with sugar layer that is colored or uncolored
Sugar Coating
Type of Coated Process that is water soluble coating
Sugar Coating
Type of Coating that is water soluble and quickly dissolved after swallowing
Steps in sugar coating
Sealing
Subcoating
Smooting
Color Coating/ Syruping
Finishing / Polishing
Sealing
Step in Sugar Coating that primarily prevents the premature erosion or disintegration of the tablet
Subcoating
Most critical step in sugar coating and uses gummy coating solution to help the sugar solution to adhere na mas okay sa tablet
Subcoating
step in sugar coating that used to improve the bond between the sealed coat and the sugar coat
Tablet Weight
adds 50-100% of its weight
Subcoating
Steps in SUgar coating that Alternate Layers of Gums or Dusting Powders Happens to avoid or prevent
Gelatin Acacia Solution and dustingpowders (talc, calcium carbonate)
Materials used in subcoating
Smoothing
First step before you add color and sugar in solution
Color Coating / Syruping
For completion and finalizing of rounding off the tablet and smoothing the coatings. Is also critical because it gives the tablets its color and elegance
Polishing / Finishing
Attained the final smoothness and desired shines of the tablets. We also employs addition of waxes to provide coating shines and glossy such as beeswax, chlorinatedwax, carnaubawax, candelillawax, and paraffinwax'
Film Coating
Type of Coated Tablet that is coated with a thin layer of polymer
Gelatin Coated Tablets
Coated with a layer of gelatin
Gelcaps
also knows as caplet and coated with a thin layer of gelatin that allows the coated product to be about 1/3 smaller than capsule filled with the same amount of powder
Film Former used in Non-aqueous (Organic) Film Coating Solution
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
Ethylcellulose
Polyvinylalcohol
Plasticizer used in Non-Aq (organic) film coating
Polyethylene glycol
Glycerin
propylene glycol
Opaquant and Colorant used in non-aq organic film coating
Titanium Dioxide (Op)
FD & C and C&D dyes (colorant)
Film former used in aq film coating solution
cellulose ether polymers:
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose
methylcellulose
Plasticizer used in aq film coating solution
Gylcerin
Propylene glycol
diethyl phthalate
colorant used in aq film coating solution
Titanium dioxide
FD & Cdyes
D&Cdyes
water
vehicle used in aq film coating solution
Enteric Coating
for tablets intended to pass through the stomach intact to disintegrate and release drug content for absorption in the small intestine
Enteric Coating
design to be resistance to acid condition making it based on factors in pH
Fluid Bed or Suspension Coating
spray coating of powders, granules beads, pellets, or tablets held in suspension by a column of air
Components of Fluid Bed or Suspension Coating
TopSpray
Bottom spray
Tangential Spray
Compression Coating
Similar to multiple coated compressed tablets having an inner core and an outer shell drug material
Compression coating
Core tablets may be sugar coated by compression
Compression coating
anhydrous operation and may be safely employed in the coating of tablets containing drugs labile to moisture
Uncoated or Plain Tablets
Tablets made by compression of powders or granules without any additional coating and can consist of one or more API
Multiple Compressed Tablet
Tablets prepared by more then one compression cycle resulting to a multilayered tablet or tablet-within-a-tablet
ChewableTablets
pleasant-tasting tablets formulated to disintegrate smoothly in the mouth with or without chewing