Abstract:
Stable drug-type tablets and capsules are painful to drink or chew for many pediatric and
geriatric patients. Accurate dosing is also an issue for liquid orals (syrup, suspension, emulsion, and so
on). Several fast-dissolving drug delivery systems have been designed to address these issues. One of
the innovative methods for rapid drug delivery with self-administration without water or chewing is a
thin polymer oral drug strip. Strip-forming polymers, plasticizers, active pharmaceutical ingredients,
sweetening agents, saliva enhancing agents, flavoring agents, coloring agents, stabilizing and
thickening agents are all used to form oral drug strips. The scope of oral thin films is expanded in this
article.
