A REVIEW- NOVEL APPROACHES OF ORALLY FAST DISSOLVING FILM FOR FAST DISSOLVING DRUG DELIVERY
Warsha Pant*, Ashutosh Badola and Preeti Kothiyal
ABSTRACT
Recently in the market orally fast dissolving films (OFDs) have been introduced, as they provide ease of use and
convenience over the other dosage forms such as orally disintegrating tablets. The technology evolved over the
past few years from the confection and form of breath strips oral care market and become ideal and novel and in
the wide range accepted form by consumers, so orally fast dissolving films are gaining the large no. of
pharmaceutical industries in their interest. It is a type of drug delivery when this placed in the oral cavity,
disintegrate or dissolved without the intake of water within the few seconds. The postage stamp in their shape, size
and thickness are very similar. The drug deliver by the films systemically through intragastric, buccal route of
administration or sublingual route and also for the local action. This is the convenient way of dosing medication.,
not only to the special population groups like pediatric, bedridden patient, geriatric and the mentally ill patients,
but for the general and normal population.
Keywords: pediatric, bedridden patient, geriatric and the mentally ill patients.
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