YOGYAKARTA Dredging drugs is a process of changing the shape of the medicine from tablet to powder. This practice is done to facilitate the administration of drugs through oral channels, especially for children to be able to take the medicine according to the dose. Even so, eroded should not be done by ordinary people. Because, there are some tablets that cannot be eroded or destroyed until they become powder. Anything? Check the list below.

Summarized from various sources, the following are some tablets that should not be eroded or changed the shape of the preparation to puyer.

1. Tablet of entertainment salute

Tablets of entertainment salute are tablets that are coated with entertainment matrices. Entertainment coatings are polymers attached to tablets so that drugs do not lose their properties when interacting with stomach acid.

In addition, this layer can also protect the digestive tract from irritation that can be caused when drugs come into contact with the walls of the digestive tract.

Medicines coated with entertainment matrices should not be eroded because they can cause active substances for drugs in them to be damaged and irritate the patient's stomach.

One example of a drug that is given a Entertainer is ketoprofen. This drug is used to treat bone arthritis, batik, and fever.

2. Tablet of sugar salute

The sugar salute tablet is a processed solid medicine with a sweet taste. Sugar-latted drugs are included in the list of tablets that should not be eroded.

The erosion of sugar salute tablets can damage the sugar layer that can protect the stomach mucose from irritation. Examples of solid medicine prepared by sugar are complex vitamin B, which can help maintain the health and function of the body's organs.

3. Modified release tablet

The modified release tablet is a solid preparation with a special formulation so that the release of the active substance can be controlled.

Modified realse tablets are intended to regulate the release of tablets in the body. Related to this, there are two types of modified release tablets, namely sustainable release and delayed release.

Tablet sustained release is a tablet whose release of active substances is slower than tablets in general.

While the delayed release is a tablet whose active substance is released at a certain time interval.

The draft release tablet should not be eroded because it can change its pharmacokinetics.

An example of a modified release tablet is the homecoming mesylate for vertigo sufferers. In contrast to ordinary homestays, homestay with modified releases only needs to be taken once a day because of the slow release of active substances.

4. Sublingual tablet

Sublingual supply is designed so that the active substances in the drug can dissolve quickly and reach blood flow in a shorter time.

Sublingual tablets are also included in the list of drugs that should not be eroded. The erosion can make the absorption of active substances slower.

An example of sublingual preparation is nitric class drugs, such as isosorbid diritrate orfegliserin.

That's information about tablet drugs that should not be eroded. Hopefully this article can add insight to the loyal readers of VOI.ID.


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