Fast Dissolving Drug Delivery Systems: A Brief Review

The tablet is the most widely utilized oral dose format, but in some instances due to the large size of dosage forms, and in case of uncooperative, pediatric and dysphagia patients, it may create some problems, to overcome this problems, a new form of dosage form is developed, which is known as first dissolving tablet or mouth dissolving tablet. Fast dissolving tablets are highly accepted fast growing drug delivery system. Also for the drugs that have poor bioavailability, these dosage forms are widely used as they provide large acceptance of such drugs by avoiding first pass metabolism and increasing their bioavailability and acceptance.