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tablet
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solid form for doses of drugs or medication often taken orally
AI overview
A tablet is a solid, compressed form of medication designed to be swallowed, usually by mouth. Tablets matter because they provide a convenient, measured way to deliver precise doses of drugs to patients.
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Research
78,639 papers- Tablet Binding: Causes, Analyses, and Strategic Avoidance.ReviewChemical & pharmaceutical bulletin · 2025Saito S, Osamura T, Yamashita K et al.DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c25-00438
- Sticking and Picking in Pharmaceutical Tablet Compression: An IQ Consortium Review.ReviewJournal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2018Chattoraj S, Daugherity P, McDermott T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2018.04.029
- Single-tablet-scale direct-compression: An on-demand manufacturing route for personalized tablets.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2023Kottlan A, Zirkl A, Geistlinger J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.123274
- A milestone in house dust-mite-allergen immunotherapy: the new sublingual tablet S-524101 (actair).ReviewExpert review of vaccines · 2014Bahceciler NN, Babayigit Hocaoglu A, Galip NDOI: 10.1586/14760584.2014.972949
- Feed frame: The last processing step before the tablet compaction in pharmaceutical manufacturing.ReviewInternational journal of pharmaceutics · 2019Sierra-Vega NO, Romañach RJ, Méndez RDOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118728
- Prediction of tablet weight variability in continuous manufacturing.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2020Razavi SM, Scicolone J, Snee RD et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118727
- Prediction of the impact of lubrication on tablet compactibility.International journal of pharmaceutics · 2022Puckhaber D, Finke JH, David S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121557
- Eutectic phase transition during tablet manufacture: effect of melting point of eutectic forming drug.Pharmaceutical development and technology · 2023Marei HF, El Maghraby GM, Arafa MFDOI: 10.1080/10837450.2023.2264917
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- dosage form
- Subclass of
- product
- Image
- Four colors of pills.jpg
- Has use
- intravaginal administration
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- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- Commons category
- Pills
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- capsule
- has characteristic
- drug liberation
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Encyclopedic overview
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Common disk-shaped tablets
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