caplet, tablet, gel-filled. I’m currently kinda sick, and I had to debate the merits of each one. Is one better than the other?
here’s my observation (i’m very medically inept)
* caplet: hard, usually coated
* tablet: powder inside a plastic shell
* gel-filled: gel inside a plastic shell
but is there any advantage of one over the other?
Seems like every kind of med is available in every kind of form. It’s probably just a matter of personal preference. It’s my understanding that the tablet is just the med, sometimes with a thin coating for easier swallowing, sometimes not. But it’s not necessarily plastic.
Recent medical studies have shown that coated aspirin doesn’t have the same benefits as non-coated. The coating was created so it would be easier to swallow, but the coating inhibits the blood-thinning benefits of the drug.
Now that’s a hard pill to swallow. [rim shot”>
actually: a tablet is round and solid-packed a capsule is plastic filled with powder a caplet gets its name by combining CAPsule and tabLET. It is shaped like a capsule (long) but is made of a packed solid.