RECENT ADVANCES ON MOUTH DISSOLVING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM

A mouth dissolving drug delivery system is developed to facilitate ease of medication and the field has become a rapidly growing area in the pharmaceutical industry. They are designed to be dissolved on the tongue rather than swallowed whole. Such formulation provide an opportunity for product line extension in the many elderly person who have difficulties in taking conventional oral dosage form (viz., solution, suspension ,tablets, and capsules) because of hand tremor and dysphagia. Further, drugs exhibiting satisfactory absorption from the oral mucosa or intended for immediate pharmacological action can be advantageously formulated in these dosage forms which dissolve rapidly in saliva without chewing and additional water. Taste masking of active ingredients becomesessential in this system because the drug is entirely released in mouth.