Overview, Advantage And Disadvantage Of Pharmaceutical Mouth Dissolving Tablets
Mouth dissolving tablets (MDT) can be defined as "a solid dosage form containing medicinal substances, which disintegrates rapidly, usually within a matter of seconds, when placed under the tongue. They are also called rapid dissolving tablets (RDT), orodispersible (ODT) or mouth-melt, quick dissolve, rapid melt, quick disintegrating, orally disintegrating, melt-in mouth, etc. Mouth dissolving tablet MDT has a pleasing mouth feel, and it does not require water to swallow. MDT easily dissolves or disintegrates in saliva within a few seconds (15 s to 3 min). Some MDT tablets are designed to dissolve in saliva remarkably fast, within a few seconds, and are called true fast-dissolving tablets (FDT). Others contain agents to enhance the rate of tablet disintegration in the oral cavity and are more appropriately termed as fast-disintegrating tablets, as they may take about one minute to disintegrate completely. Having good hardness, dose uniformity, easy administration and serves as the...
