HPMC for Tablet and Pellet Coating

HPMC for Tablet and Pellet Coating

In pharmaceuticals, a coating material is often applied to the surface of the tablet to achieve certain desired properties of  the oral dosage form over the uncoated variety . Some of the properties achieved by coating tablets includes improving or masking taste & odour of a substance, creating susteined release or controlled release profiles and improving stability of the tablet.

HYDROCEL HPMC is versatile, and easy to use as a film-coating material and gives an excellent finish. It is suitable for many applications in the design of film-coated tablest as well as veg capsule formulations.

HYDROCEL is also effective as a binder, since it does not interact with drugs, and has superior stability, nonionic, character ,etc. HYDROCEL is widely used as a binder for granulation and is available in various viscosity grades for granulation purposes.

The many application of Hydrocel HPMC fot tablet and Pellet Coating include

• Masking of Color & Taste, Improvement in Hardness, for Abrasion Resistance, Improving flowability, Increase Stability and Improvement in Printability
• Under coating for Sugar Coating & Enteric Coating
• Water-proofing & Stabilization of Dissolution
• Prevention of reaction between drugs and coating agents
• Binder for tablets
• Formation of membrane & increase in viscosity for Aerosols & Ointments
• Sustained Release, Controlled Release and Extended Release Profiles
• Reducing Tablet Size
• Rate Controlled release of drugs in tablets & pellets

Pioma Chemicals is a supplier of Hydrocel HPMC in India. Hydrocel® HPMC is an alternative to Anycoat®, Pharmacoat® and Methocel™ HPMC