Mouth Dissolving Films for Oral Drug Delivery: A Review

Recent trends are shifting toward the design and development of novel drug delivery systems for currently available medications since the process of discovering and creating new chemical agents may be difficult, costly, and time-consuming. Mouth Dissolving Films are made using a variety of techniques and are an excellent substitute for medications that have an adverse effect on the stomach environment and first-pass metabolism. This review briefly outlines the advantages and drawbacks, offers details on the formulation processes used to create MDFs, and provides assessment criteria for the same. These days, MDFs are employed as a medication delivery method for a variety of therapies. Because of its advantages such as self-administration, pain relief, high patient compliance, and creative flexibility the oral route of administration is the recommended method. To achieve the intended pharmacologic effect, medicine can be delivered in a variety of ways.