Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Enteric Coating Tablets Support Digestive Tract

Film coatings of the tablet are responsible for the safety and effectiveness of tablets. The active ingredients used in the films are meant to keep the tablets protected against light, heat and moisture and various other harmful influences during storage and transport and up to the consumption by the patients.

It is a film coating which is responsible for swallowing of drug, improving therapeutic efficiency, and prevents undesirable effects. And this is done by controlling dissolution in the gastrointestinal tract or through a film coating of graded permeability that ensures release of active ingredients in digestive tract regions.

Enteric polymer films are known to get dissolved between pH 5.5 and 6.5 and this actually stops the premature intestinal tract. disintegration in the stomach. With this pH value, the tablet gets dissolved in the digestive tract.

Health and safety are two major concerns for tablet formulation and this is the reason why leading contract manufacturers have opted for enteric coating methods. The disintegration time of the polymer films increase and this make sure the tablet to reach to the actual position where it needs to be dissolved. Thus, enteric property is given priority over the appearance of tablets by the manufacturers.

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