A REVIEW ON FLOATING TABLET

Bilayer Floating Tablet Technology: An Overview

Novel drug delivery system overcomes the physiological problems of gastric retention by decreasing fluctuations in blood drug concentration with consequent reduction in undesirable toxicity and poor efficiency. Incorporation of drug in controlled release gastroretentive dosage forms which can remain in the gastric region for several hours would significantly prolong the gastric residence time o...

A Review on Floating Drug Delivery System

Management of infirmity through medication is entering a new era in which growing number of novel drug delivery systems are being employed and are available for therapeutic use. Oral sustained release gastro-retentive dosage forms (GRDFs) offer many advantages for drugs with absorption from upper parts of gastrointestinal tract and for those acting locally in the stomach, improving the bioavail...

Fast Dissolving Tablet- A Review

Submitted 2011.09.28. Accepted for publication 2011.12.19. The convenience of administration and improved patient compliance are important in the design of oral drug delivery system which remains the preferred route of drug delivery inspite of various disadvantages. One such problem can be solved in the novel drug delivery system by formulating “mouth dissolving tablets” (MDTs) which disintegra...

formulation and in vitro evaluation of ketoprofen gastric floating tablet

Formulation and evaluation of effervescent floating tablet of levofloxacin

Levofloxacin effervescent sustained release tablets were developed in eight different formulations (F1 to F8) by employing different grades of polymers and effervescent agents such as sodium bicarbonate and citric acid. The formulations were evaluated for various physical parameters, dissolution parameters and drug released mechanisms. F8 formulation showed maximum floating time of 12 hours and...