Mouth dissolving tablets- a novel drug delivery system.

The past decade has thrown open the doors for continuous technological advancements in the pharmaceutical sector. Mouth Dissolving Tablets are one of the fruitful results of these technological advancements. MD tablets play a major role in improving the patient’s compliance. They rapidly disintegrate in the saliva hence obviating the need of the water. With the increasing incidences of non-compliance among the patients, Mouth dissolving tablets are the perfect answer to all these problems. A variety of drugs can be administered in the form of MD tablets as they give the advantage of the liquid medication in the solid preparation. These novel types of dosage forms have found acceptance among the geriatric, pediatric and dysphagic patients.