38+ Advantage Of Solid Dosage Form. Tablets usually contain in addition to the drug a diluent, a binder. • discuss solid dosage form;
They are intended for application on skin and other surface by spreading.
Of the two oral solid dosage forms commonly employed in this country, the tablet and the capsule, the tablet has a number of advantages. They may be made with or without diluents and may differ greatly in size, shape and weight. Pastes should be formulated by paying much attention to their resultant spreadability, which determines the uniformity of the dose as well as the efficacy of drugs for local or systemic application. Solid and soft dosage forms, as well as liquid, are selected, depending on the required duration of action, method of use, the duration of the effect of the.