Is Fast Dissolving Tablets Satisfy Its Role: A Brief Discussion

Abstract

It is very well known fact that a drug can be administered through many different routes so as to produce a systemic pharmacological effect. The route of administration is considered as the path by which a drug is taken into the body for the treatment of various diseases and disorders. The main route of administrating a drug is the oral route which is the oldest and most commonly used because of its ease of administration, self-medication and avoidance of pain as compared to parental route. Oral drug delivery remains the preferred route of drug delivery. Despite of the tremendous advancement in oral route some of the people find difficultly in swallowing tablet and other oral dosage form, so in order to troubleshoot all these problem associated with oral route, fast dissolving drug delivery systems (FDDS) were first came into existence in 1970 as an alternative to tablets, syrups and capsules, for pediatric and geriatric patients which rapidly disintegrate and dissolve in saliva and then easily swallowed without need of water which is a major benefit over conventional dosage form. Novel technologies with improved performance, patient compliance, and enhanced quality had emerged in the recent past. The fast dissolving drug delivery system started gaining popularity and the acceptance as a new drug delivery system because they are easy to administer and lead to better patient compliance. Fast dissolving drug delivery system can be obtained by the various techniques i.e. direct compression, tablet molding, freeze drying, and spray drying nanonization. Oral fast-dissolving tablets, are an examples of a few existing technologies which having the potential to accommodate various physicochemical, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of drugs. Since emergence it captures the major portion of tablets and capsules from the market, thus it satisfies the role over Conventional Dosage forms