RECENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TASTE MASKING OF BITTER DRUGS

Ankita Srivastava

Ankita Srivastava H. N. B. Garhwal Central University, Srinagar, U.K.

Keywords: Taste masking, Bitter, Patient compliance, Drug product, Dosage form.

Abstract

Taste, smell and texture are the important factors in development of oral dosage forms. Taste is now a factor influencing the patient compliance and product quality. “The worser the taste of the medication, the better the cure” an older attitude which now totally changed. Taste masking of obnoxious drugs has gained the importance as the most of them are administered orally. This reason is an initiative for the development of various taste masking technologies by which the characteristics of the dosage form is improved and good patient compliance is achieved. The main objective of this review is to explore various methodologies for masking the taste of obnoxious drugs, applications, evaluation and also the recent trends in taste masking technologies.