Tablet bottle packaging protects tablets, vitamins, and supplements from moisture, oxygen, and chemical migration. Stability, leakage protection and child resistance tests may be performed as part of this process.
The ideal medicine bottle features a foil backing to hold detailed usage instructions and be child-resistant. Calendar pill boxes allow physicians to monitor patient adherence by tracking when pills are removed from the container.
Plastic
Pharmaceutical-grade plastic, or fluid-handling plastic, produces liquid medicines and other healthcare products. To be used effectively, pharmaceutical-grade plastic must withstand sterilisation processes, protect itself from UV radiation damage and water penetration and not react with its contents - all characteristics necessary for successful manufacturing processes.
Pill and vitamin bottles are typically packaged with durable plastic or strong glass materials but may include materials like fluorine-treated PE, PP, or other compounds. To be considered tamper evident, their caps or lids must consist of special features that make opening more difficult than usual without exposing contents to contaminants; this can be accomplished using various design engineering techniques like labelling techniques or in-mould printing.
Glass
Glass pharmaceutical packaging offers numerous advantages over plastic. It is nonporous and impermeable, meaning that it won't absorb or transfer chemicals into its contents, while being highly transparent allows its contents to be seen without opening the container. Coloured glasses also reduce UV radiation exposure - perfect for light-sensitive medications like vitamin A. Moreover, it poses low health risks while being very sturdy to provide reliable transport of its contents.
Glass is an extremely resilient material that can be recycled repeatedly without losing its intrinsic properties. In producing glass containers, manufacturing requires using natural and sustainably sourced raw materials like sand, soda ash, limestone, recycled glass cullet (from which recycled bottles can be created), pressing or casting techniques and the nominal capacity of each bottle being determined by what product will be stored inside them.
Borosilicate glass is the optimal material for pharmaceutical packaging due to its tolerance of heat and cold extremes and resistance to chemical substances; boric oxide's presence provides hydrolytic resistance that helps minimise leaching. Thus, this material should be considered when packaging parenteral drugs containing water-soluble solutions or parenteral medications.
Blister Packs
Blister packs are pre-formed plastic packaging commonly used for solid pharmaceutical products, including tablets. Each blister pack contains a thermoformed plastic cavity or pocket sealed off by either paperboard or aluminium foil backing and sealing film, providing optimal protection from humidity and contamination over extended periods.
Single-use blister packs are among the lightest forms of tablet packaging available; 10 pills stored in plastic containers with aluminium backing weigh only 3 g, equivalent to approximately 0.3 grams per dose. They're easy to transport when travelling or out and about and protect from impact while offering chemical resistance against sunlight - an ideal option for medication travel.
Blister packs can also include dosing instructions for each tablet, which helps ensure greater adherence and decrease missed or misunderstood doses. Studies indicate this can have positive results on patient outcomes, such as decreased seizures in epilepsy patients and lower blood pressure readings among hypertensives.
Strip Packs
Strip packs provide a user-friendly alternative for capsules and tablets, featuring individual dosage, clear labelling and visual tracking of medication intake. Their advantages increase patient adherence as well as medication compliance and convenience.
Strip packing machines provide more customisation and versatility than blister packaging once sealed, working well with most dispensing and insertion systems and handling large volumes. However, different medications have different requirements regarding dosage, stability and compatibility when choosing tablet bottle packaging method; hence, pharmaceutical companies should carefully consider each medication when selecting its optimal packaging method.
Strip pack production begins by adding products to a sheet of heat-sealable flexible film and adhering it tightly around its perimeters before folding over it using a machine that controls temperature and pressure before sealing its folds along its edges. Once this step has been completed, hermetic seals can be formed around its folds, producing hermetic packages.
Accidental overdose is more difficult with every pill or tablet in its cavity. Furthermore, this tablet bottle packaging style makes life easier for patients with arthritis in their fingers or seniors living alone. Furthermore, individual cavities make keeping track of pills taken easier while decreasing confusion between pills or capsules. Finally, such packaging offers superior protection from excess light, moisture and oxygen exposure.
Plastic
Pharmaceutical-grade plastic, or fluid-handling plastic, produces liquid medicines and other healthcare products. To be used effectively, pharmaceutical-grade plastic must withstand sterilisation processes, protect itself from UV radiation damage and water penetration and not react with its contents - all characteristics necessary for successful manufacturing processes.
Pill and vitamin bottles are typically packaged with durable plastic or strong glass materials but may include materials like fluorine-treated PE, PP, or other compounds. To be considered tamper evident, their caps or lids must consist of special features that make opening more difficult than usual without exposing contents to contaminants; this can be accomplished using various design engineering techniques like labelling techniques or in-mould printing.
Glass
Glass pharmaceutical packaging offers numerous advantages over plastic. It is nonporous and impermeable, meaning that it won't absorb or transfer chemicals into its contents, while being highly transparent allows its contents to be seen without opening the container. Coloured glasses also reduce UV radiation exposure - perfect for light-sensitive medications like vitamin A. Moreover, it poses low health risks while being very sturdy to provide reliable transport of its contents.
Glass is an extremely resilient material that can be recycled repeatedly without losing its intrinsic properties. In producing glass containers, manufacturing requires using natural and sustainably sourced raw materials like sand, soda ash, limestone, recycled glass cullet (from which recycled bottles can be created), pressing or casting techniques and the nominal capacity of each bottle being determined by what product will be stored inside them.
Borosilicate glass is the optimal material for pharmaceutical packaging due to its tolerance of heat and cold extremes and resistance to chemical substances; boric oxide's presence provides hydrolytic resistance that helps minimise leaching. Thus, this material should be considered when packaging parenteral drugs containing water-soluble solutions or parenteral medications.
Blister Packs
Blister packs are pre-formed plastic packaging commonly used for solid pharmaceutical products, including tablets. Each blister pack contains a thermoformed plastic cavity or pocket sealed off by either paperboard or aluminium foil backing and sealing film, providing optimal protection from humidity and contamination over extended periods.
Single-use blister packs are among the lightest forms of tablet packaging available; 10 pills stored in plastic containers with aluminium backing weigh only 3 g, equivalent to approximately 0.3 grams per dose. They're easy to transport when travelling or out and about and protect from impact while offering chemical resistance against sunlight - an ideal option for medication travel.
Blister packs can also include dosing instructions for each tablet, which helps ensure greater adherence and decrease missed or misunderstood doses. Studies indicate this can have positive results on patient outcomes, such as decreased seizures in epilepsy patients and lower blood pressure readings among hypertensives.
Strip Packs
Strip packs provide a user-friendly alternative for capsules and tablets, featuring individual dosage, clear labelling and visual tracking of medication intake. Their advantages increase patient adherence as well as medication compliance and convenience.
Strip packing machines provide more customisation and versatility than blister packaging once sealed, working well with most dispensing and insertion systems and handling large volumes. However, different medications have different requirements regarding dosage, stability and compatibility when choosing tablet bottle packaging method; hence, pharmaceutical companies should carefully consider each medication when selecting its optimal packaging method.
Strip pack production begins by adding products to a sheet of heat-sealable flexible film and adhering it tightly around its perimeters before folding over it using a machine that controls temperature and pressure before sealing its folds along its edges. Once this step has been completed, hermetic seals can be formed around its folds, producing hermetic packages.
Accidental overdose is more difficult with every pill or tablet in its cavity. Furthermore, this tablet bottle packaging style makes life easier for patients with arthritis in their fingers or seniors living alone. Furthermore, individual cavities make keeping track of pills taken easier while decreasing confusion between pills or capsules. Finally, such packaging offers superior protection from excess light, moisture and oxygen exposure.