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The protective coating on medications is meant to delay absorption until the medicine reaches the small intestine. The coating is used on medications that can irritate the stomach lining, or that taste so bitter that few people would take the medicine. Never remove the enteric coating from medications as this can cause stomach irritation, burning, and stomach pain.
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What are the disintegration times of coated and uncoated tablets?
disintegration times of uncoated tablets
Why are entric-coated tablets not crushed?
not designed to dissolve in stomach, may not have therapeutic effect
Is pantoprazole domperidone is enteric coated tablet?
My doc gave me those tablets when i had a stomach upset.
What kind of medicines can ants make?
Medicinal grade morphine and epilim enteric coated 500mg tablets
Examples of non-enteric coated tablets?
The other option is called an "enema". Take your pick!
What kinds of tablets cannot be crushed for enteral feeding?
Enteric-coated products, buccal tablets, sublingual tablets, carcinogenic products, tertogenic products, cytotoxics, and extended-release drugs cannot be crushed for enteral feeding.
Can you crush tablets?
Some, yes. Others are coated for time release or safety. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for specific information.
What effect does crushing the tablet have on the solution rate?
You get the solution faster than uncrushed tablet. At times a patient can not swallow the tablet and crush it before swallowing. But it is is not recommended to crush the tablets. That is problematic in case of delayed or sustained release tablets as well as for enteric coated tablets. You have the disturbed phrmacokinetics or the drug may get destroyed by acid in the stomach.
What is the difference between Tylenol tablets and geltabs?
The geltabs are tablets which are coated with a smooth gelatin coating, (supposedly) making them easier to swallow than the plain kind.
What effect does crushing the tablet have on solution?
You get the solution faster than uncrushed tablet. At times a patient can not swallow the tablet and crush it before swallowing. But it is is not recommended to crush the tablets. That is problematic in case of delayed or sustained release tablets as well as for enteric coated tablets. You have the disturbed phrmacokinetics or the drug may get destroyed by acid in the stomach.
When were wax tablets used by the Romans?
The wax-coated tablets made of wood replaced the earlier chiseling of writing on stone or inscribing bronze tablets. It was a more practical system. It was also an alternative to writing on papyrus because this material was more fragile and water damaged it. To write on these tablets the Romans used a lead stylus with a pointed end. The soft led left a mark. The wax coating made it possible to erase the writing. For erasing a straight-edged spatula-like implement was placed on the other end of the stylus. It was used in a razor-like way. The use of wax-coated wooden tablets decreased when the Romans developed the bound book which was made of parchment.
What is sugar coated tablet?
A sugar coated tablet has a hard sugary coating - this makes the tablet nicer to put into a mouth and swallow. Some tablets have a nasty taste. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A tablet is a powdered medicine that has been compressed into a small, solid, disk or lozenge shape. This can then be swallowed easily by someone needing treatment using that medicine. However, some medicines taste bitter and to prevent this taste upsetting the patient as they swallow the medicine, the tablets are given an outer layer of hardened (and frequently coloured) sugar to make them palatable. This is a sugar coated tablet.
