Talk:Tablet

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[edit] Note page renames to related pages

I renamed two related pages:

to make these terms consistent (denoting an object rather than process) and because there were objections on the encapsulation talk page that pharmacology has a related, but distinct scope of concern. MaxEnt (talk) 22:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added a rating

The article has no sources, so it is obviously stub class. The complete lack of sources for such a fundamental concern is an embarrassement, so I rated it high importance just to get this fixed. MaxEnt (talk) 22:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd say that even if the article were in good shape, it would count as high importance, because tablets are one of the major drug dosage forms. --Slashme (talk) 06:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invention of them

Were pills, tablets, any kind of medicine you swallow without tasting, made that way so you wouldn't have to chew or drink them? I heard that liquid medicines and medicines you injested and had to taste in the process were considered so bad tasting that even sick people would say they were well again so they wouldn't have to take it again. This way you don't have to 66.189.38.7 (talk) 08:55, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

In general, if a medicine actually works, it's a good idea that it be easy to take so that people will not avoid taking it; see compliance (medicine) for a full discussion. However, if a medicine is only effective because the patient believes that it works (see placebo) it's good to make it taste strong, so that the patients are very aware that they have been treated! As you say, an unpleasant treatment may also discourage malingering.--Slashme (talk) 06:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Richard Francis Burton impersonated a doctor during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and gave the following advice to people who wanted to do the same:

Whatever you prescribe must be solid and material, and if you accompany it with something painful, such as rubbing to scarification with a horse-brush, so much the better. Easterns, like our peasants in Europe, wish the doctor to “give them the value of their money.” Besides which, rough measures act beneficially upon their imagination. So the Hakim of the King of Persia cured fevers by the bastinado; patients are beneficially baked in a bread-oven at Baghdad; and an Egyptian at Alexandria, whose quartan resisted the strongest appliances of European physic, was effectually healed by the actual cautery, which a certain Arab Shaykh applied to the crown of his head.

--Slashme (talk) 06:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

It holds true today also? Have you ever chewed a non-chewable pill? Perhaps before you learned how to swallow pills? It tastes horrible and bitter as hell The snare (talk) 03:37, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, some of them are (e.g. acetaminophen, quinine (ugh), cortisone) and some aren't (e.g. calcium supplements, vit. E pills etc.) and some are just plain nasty, without being bitter (Ever tried chewing a multivitamin softgel? It's an experience I would recommend to all the masochists out there). -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slashme (talk • contribs) 10:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Content merged from Talk:Tablet and dose preparation, pharmaceutical preparation

This article is part of a student project on Downstream_processing. Please do not edit until after December 14, 2006. Thank you.Emk39 20:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey Elaine, I read your article -- it's very well written and flows nicely. One thing is that there are no internal links in the article right now. I don't know if you just didn't put them in yet but they would be useful with some of the terms in your article. Also, there is an error with the heading of "table properties," it appears twice. Also, references need to be added to the article. Besides these technical types of corrections, the paper is very well done.

Priya Shoor 20:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


Hey Elaine, I read your article too. I agree with what Priya said, it is very well done. I sent you an e-mail with a word document with my corrections. I hope it is helpful.

Evjammin 07:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

hey, I like the way you segmented your article, makes it easier to follow. I also agree with the previous comments about maybe adding a few internal links. Overall, it flowed very well and it seems like you addressed the main points of your topic without getting too wordy about it. Very well written :) -Avani

Snickerr291 19:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


Hey Elaine - I like your article. I think that you remove the intro section and have it come before the categories part (that way people can read a little about the article before going more in depth). Also, you might want to add websites that are related to you site (possibly drug companies) or something like (read it over): http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3433

ReginaSophia 21:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for your reviews and I took all of them into consideration I tried to add as much as I can, but I really wanted to add more mathematical problems and examples but they some are really difficult to find. I would like to keep expanding this article as I find more information that would be usefull to the overall down-stream processing information on wikipedia. I also want everyone who is willing and has the information to contribute to this article. Emk39 04:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)