A BASIC REVIEW ON FLOATING TABLETS
*Kamal Kant Ravi, Kapil Kumar and Deepak Teotia
ABSTRACT
This article is intended to provide an overview of floating drug delivery systems [FDDS]. Floating tablets prolong the gastric residence times of drugs, improve bioavailability and facilitate local drug delivery to the stomach. Floating drug delivery systems or hydro dynamically balance systems have a bulk density lower than gastric fluid and thus remain buoyant in the stomach for a prolonged period of time. This results in an increased gastric retention time and a better control of the fluctuations in plasma drug concentration.
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