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Tablets are classified according to their route of administration or function. The following are the 4 main Classification groups:
1. Tablets ingested orally
i) Compressed Tablets
ii) Multiple Compressed Tablets or compress coated Tablets
iii) Multilayered Tablets
2. Tablets used in oral cavity
i) Buccal Tablets
ii) Sublingual Tablets
iii) Lozenges or traches
iv) Dental cones
ii) Dispensing Tablets
iii) Hypodermic Tablets
iv) Tablet triturates
1. Tablets ingested orally
i) Compressed Tablets
ii) Multiple Compressed Tablets or compress coated Tablets
iii) Multilayered Tablets
iv) Sustained action Tablets
v) Enteric coated Tablets
vi) sugar coated Tablets
vii) Film coated Tablets
viii) Chewable tablets
2. Tablets used in oral cavity
i) Buccal Tablets
ii) Sublingual Tablets
iii) Lozenges or traches
iv) Dental cones
3. Tablets administered by other routes
i) Implantation Tabletsii) Rectal Tablets (suppositories)
iii) Vaginal Tablets (Pessaries)
4. Tablets used to prepare solutions
i) Effervescent Tabletsiii) Vaginal Tablets (Pessaries)
4. Tablets used to prepare solutions
ii) Dispensing Tablets
iii) Hypodermic Tablets
iv) Tablet triturates
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