For most drugs used to produce systemic effect‚ the oral route still considers the preferred route of administration‚ because of its several advantages and good patient compliance compared to other routes(40). Hard gelatin capsules and Tablets make up a major portion of drug delivery systems that are now available. Nevertheless‚ many patient as the elderly‚ children and patients who are uncooperative‚ mentally retarded‚ nauseated or on reduced water-intake/diets have difficulties in swallowing
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after sometime commonly known as communicator. Later came the tablets one of the most famous creation in the category of Smart devices. Most people assume that the history of the tablet computer started when apple introduced the ‘iPAD’ in 2010. In fact there have been many previous attempts to build tablets before. The main reason for the failure of previous attempts was the not so enough ‘small’ size. The first attempt to make a tablet came about in the fifties; the first attempt at using hand writing
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adolescents (ages 12-17). ZOLOFT is supplied for oral administration as scored tablets containing sertraline hydrochloride equivalent to 25‚ 50 and 100 mg of sertraline and the following inactive ingredients: dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate‚ D & C Yellow #10 aluminum lake (in 25 mg tablet)‚ FD & C Blue #1 aluminum lake (in 25 mg tablet)‚ FD & C Red #40 aluminum lake (in 25 mg tablet)‚ FD & C Blue #2 aluminum lake (in 50 mg tablet)‚ hydroxypropyl cellulose‚ hypromellose‚ magnesium stearate‚ microcrystalline
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GLIPIZIDE EXTENDED RELEASE TABLETS FOR ORAL USE DESCRIPTION Glipizide is an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonylurea class. The Chemical Abstracts name of glipizide is 1-cyclohexyl-3-[[p-[2-(5methylpyrazinecarboxamido)ethyl] phenyl]sulfonyl]urea. The molecular formula is C21H27N5O4S; the molecular weight is 445.55; the structural formula is shown below: N HC 3 N CONHCH2CH2 SO NHCONH 2 Glipizide is a whitish‚ odorless powder with a pKa of 5.9. It is insoluble in water and
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purpose of this experiment was to answer a question: Which pill coating results in highest dissolution rates? This is important because dissolution of medicine such as ibuprofen prior to absorption maximizes effectiveness. Therefore‚ understanding how tablet coatings can affect dissolution time will be beneficial to consumers. Hypothesis: If the three types of pills are submerged in an acidic solution of pH 4.5‚ the gelatin coated capsules will dissolve quickest. This hypothesis came to be because gelatin
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surface area of a dissolvable tablet creates a faster or slower reaction Independent Variable The surface area of the tablet (halves‚ powdered and whole) Dependent Variable How fast the rate of reaction is to the surface area Controlled Variables The amount of water (250mL) The type of dissolvable tablet The overall weight of tablet Hypothesis The greater the surface area of a solid reactant the faster its rate of reaction Materials Beakers x 3 Aspirin Tablets Mortar and Pestle Stopwatch
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Introduction The Kindle Fire is a competitively priced tablet that uses the Google Android operating system. Current Amazon customers are the primary target market. Convenience makes this brand attractive and Amazon.com product purchases are easily completed using the Kindle Fire. It has a powerful processor and large amounts of storage space available when you consider the unlimited free cloud storage‚ although storage space on the actual tablet is limited. In order to increase the Kindle Fire’s popularity
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Week 3 Hand-in Assignment A tablet computer‚ or simply tablet‚ is a mobile computer with display circuitry and battery in a single unit. Tablets are equipped with sensors‚ including cameras‚ microphone‚ accelerometer and touch screen‚ with finger or stylus gestures replacing computer mouse and keyboard. The tablet computer and he associated special operating software is an example of pen computing technology. The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing
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10-325 mg 1 tablet as needed every 6 hours; Pamelor 75 mg 1 to 2 tablets nightly; gabapentin 400 mg 1 capsule 3 times daily and Baclofen 10 mg 1 tablet 3 times a day. On examination of the lumbar spine‚ range of motion is abnormal with pain on range of motion testing. Sitting straight leg
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using technology will come at a cost‚ and not just the price tag. Many middle and high school students are being introduced to the idea of replacing textbooks with tablets; however‚ tablets are causing multitasking and attention problems‚ changing the way people learn‚ causing distractions‚ and causing health problems. First of all‚ tablets are causing attention problems in students‚ as well as leading to the issue of multitasking‚ while the textbooks aren’t. For example‚ Matt Richtel‚ an American writer
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