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Common Dosage Formulations and Routes of Administration
Term | Definition |
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Tablet | Comes as compression, multiple compression, chewable, oral disintegrating, and caplet with possible coatings: sugar coated, film coated, enteric coated, and buffered for different purposes and release delivery modes. |
Capsule | Available in hard and soft gelatin and is transparent, semitransparent, or opaque. |
Oral liquid | Comes as solution, syrup, suspension, elixir, emulsion, magma, colloid, aromatic water, fluidextract, solid extract, tincture, or spirit. |
Powders (for reconstitution) | Due to short expiration dates of some drugs as liquids, the active ingredient is supplied as a powder or effervescent tablet with instructions on how much water or other suitable liquid is to be mixed with the drug for a given concentration. |
Buccal | Transmucosal route of administration for gum, tablet, lozenge (trouche), and lollipop. |
Sublingual | Available usually as tablets and sprays, though compounding pharmacies and homeopathic practitioners may have solutions in which a given number of drops are placed under the tongue. |