Three types of drugs for tablet vials

Tablet bottle refers to a plastic jar made of polyethylene, polypropylene or polyester and other polymer materials, after adding organic solvent, through injection molding, injection blowing and other processes. This kind of packaging has the characteristics of light weight, not easy to break, easy to transport, etc. It is mainly suitable for containing three types of drugs: tablets, capsules, and pills.

Tablets: Tablets are solid preparations in the form of flakes or special-shaped flakes that are uniformly mixed with drugs and excipients and compressed. a Tablets are mainly oral ordinary tablets, but also include lozenges, sublingual tablets, oral patches, chewable tablets, dispersible tablets, effervescent tablets, vaginal tablets, immediate-release or sustained-release or controlled-release tablets and enteric-coated tablets. This kind of medicine has high requirements on the moisture resistance of the tablet bottle, and a desiccant is generally placed inside the package to absorb moisture.

Capsules: Medicines in capsules are generally powders or granules that are irritating to the esophagus and gastric mucosa, or have bad taste, are easily volatile, are easily decomposed by saliva in the mouth, and are easily inhaled into the trachea. These medicines are packed into capsules, which not only protect the medicinal properties of the medicines from being destroyed, but also protect the digestive organs and respiratory tract.

Pills: Pills refer to spherical or quasi-spherical preparations made of fine powder or extract of medicinal materials plus suitable binding auxiliary materials. The above are the three main types of medicines for tablet medicine bottles. Depending on the characteristics of the medicines, the bottles will have different functions. For example, for medicines sensitive to light, color masterbatches are generally added to the raw materials to make brown bottles for better ensure the stability of the drug.