Nuraceutical Fast Dissolving Tablets for the Management of Type-2 Diabetes

Many patients, especially elderly find it difficulty in swallowing tablets, capsules, thus do not comply with prescription, which results in high incidence of noncompliance and in effective therapy convince and compliance oriented research has resulted in bringing out many safer and newer drug delivery systems. Fast dissolving tablets is one of such example, for the reason of rapid disintegration or dissolution in mouth with little amount of water or even with saliva. Significance of this drug delivery system includes administration without water, accuracy of dosage, ease of portability, alternative to liquid dosage forms ideal for pediatric and geriatric patients and rapid onset of action. In the present study, an attempt had been made to prepare nutraceutical fast dissolving tablets in the oral cavity with enhanced dissolution rate & hence improved patient compliance as type-2 diabetes is more common in geriatric patients.