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Pharmaceutical pellets - Coggle Diagram
What is pellets: small free flowing spherical units ranging in size prepared by agglomeration of fine powders called pellets 
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Why pellets :
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Immediate release: Administering drugs in pellet form leads to increased surface area as compared to traditional compressed tablets and capsule.
Sustained release: pellets are being increasingly used in the manufacture of sustained release dosage form of drugs.
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Advantage of pellets: Improved anesthetic appearance of the product.
- Coating of drug pellets with different polymers to achieve controlled release rate of drugs.
- Potential side effects are minimised without markedly lowering drug bioavailability.
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