<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>25</id><JournalTitle>REVIEW ON FAST DISSOLVING FILM</JournalTitle><Abstract>The oral route is most popular route for the administration of therapeutic agents because of the low cost of therapy and 
ease  of  administration  lead  to  high  levels  of  patient  compliance.  The  most  popular  oral  solid  dosage  forms  are  tablets  and 
capsules. Many patients find it difficult to swallow tablets and hard gelatin capsules particularly pediatric and geriatric p atients 
and do not take their medicines as prescribed. Difficulty in swallowing or dysphagia is seen to afflict nearly 35% of the general 
population.  In  some  cases  such  as  motion  sickness,  sudden  episode  of  allergic  attack  or  coughing  ,fear  of  choking  and  an 
unavailability of water, the swallowing of tablet or capsules may become difficult. To overcome these difficulties, several fast dissolving drug delivery systems have been developed.1 Oral fast dissolving film is relatively a new dosage form in which thi n 
film  is  prepared  using  hydrophilic  polymers,  which  rapidly  dissolves  on  tongue  or  buccal  cavity.  The  film  overcome  the 
danger/fear  of  choking  .An  ideal  film  should  have  the  properties  like  pleasant  taste  ,  high  stability,  ease  of  handling  and 
administration, no water necessary for application</Abstract><Email>jitendrapatel1554@gmail.com</Email><articletype>Review</articletype><volume>3</volume><issue>1</issue><year>2013</year><keyword>Fast dissolving film,Dysphagia,Pediatric,Hydrophilic polymers</keyword><AUTHORS>Patel Jitendra C,KR Patel,NM Patel</AUTHORS><afflication>Department of Pharmaceutics, BM Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,  Modasa, Dist- Sabarkantha, Gujrat, India,Department of Pharmaceutics, BM Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,  Modasa, Dist- Sabarkantha, Gujrat, India,Department of Pharmaceutics, BM Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,  Modasa, Dist- Sabarkantha, Gujrat, India</afflication></Article></Articles>