A NOVEL APPROACH TO ORAL DRUG DELIVERY FAST DISSOLVING FILM

Vikas Singh*, Akanksha Gupta, Ashutosh Chaudhari, Ankita Tripathy, Neha Pandey, Rishabh Upadhyay, Shivakant Mishra and Sushmita Chaudhari

ABSTRACT

In the recent years, many of the pharmaceutical groups are focusing their research on rapid dissolving technology. This technology evolved over the past few years from the confection and oral care markets in the form of breath strips and became a novel and widely accepted form by consumers, so OFDFs are gaining the interest of large number of pharmaceutical industries Numerous FDT products entered the market in the nineteen eighties. This novel drug delivery like FDT or mouth dissolving tablet (MDT) has overcome several disadvantages like dysphagia or non-accessibility of water whereas travel. Compared with typical dosage form FDT is an alternative as well as helpful for the patient. The basic approach employed in the development of FDT is that the use of superdisintegrants likecrosspovidone, croscarmellose sodium or maximizing pore structure within the formulation. This review article contains different techniques used for preparing FDT, silent features, numerous proprietary technologies, mechanism of super disintegration, and also the limitations.

Keywords: Fast dissolving tablet, Mouth dissolving tablet, Dysphasia, Super disintegrants.