Medicine Made For You: How 3D Printing Can Make Better Tablets

Imagine you and your friend both get sick, and the doctor gives you the same tablet. But maybe you are younger or lighter…so should you both get the same amount of medicine? It would probably be better if each of you could get medicine made just for you, right? Taking medicine as tablets is usually easy and convenient, especially compared to something like an injection. When you take tablets, you expect them to contain just the right amount of medicine, to make you healthy as quickly as possible. But, as in the example, the amount of medicine is often not ideal for the individual patient. This can cause side effects or prevent the medicine from treating the problem. What if we could make tablets that contain just the right dose for each individual?