Orally Disintegrating Tablets

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Reasons to Use ODTs

ODTs offer ease of use and increased overall patient compliance. ODTs offer a value-added alternative for patients who cannot swallow conventional hard tablets or gel caps. These patient groups include those with dysphasia, the elderly, stroke victims and bedridden patients. Some patients also refuse to swallow conventional tablets such as uncooperative pediatrics, geriatrics and psychiatric patients. An additional, but often overlooked, benefit to ODTs is the convenience factor for patients who do not have readily available access to water due to travel or as part of our modern “on the go” lifestyles. These are all reasons that often lead to poor compliance with conventional tablets.

Recent market studies indicate more than half of the patient population prefers ODTs to other dosage forms,2 and most consumers would ask their doctors for ODTs (70 percent), purchase ODTs (70 percent) or prefer ODTs to regular tablets or liquids (greater than 80 percent).3

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