Thursday, February 14, 2013

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CAPSULES






ADVANTAGES
  • Neat and elegant in appearance.
  • Enclosing the medication within capsule shells provides a tasteless, odourless means of administering medication.
  • The ready solubility of gelatin at gastric pH provides rapid release of medication in the stomach.
  •  Since hard gelatin capsules may be compounded by the pharmacist, this dosage form offers physician’s greater
  • Flexibility in dosages and drug combinations than is available with prefabricated medication.
 DISADVANTAGES

  • Capsules are not suitable containers for liquids that dissolve gelatin, such as aqueous or hydroalcoholic solutions.
  • Very soluble salts, such as bromides or iodides should not be dispensed in capsules, as the rapid release of such materials
  • may cause gastric irritation.

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