A Review on Oral Strip Technology: A Feasible Technique to Improve Patient Compliance by Oral Route

Oral Strip Technology (OST) is one of the Oral drug delivery systemwhichever the currentyears gaining much attention and this technology is attracting many of the research groups toconcentrate their research onit. Dysphasia is common problem seen in pediatrics and geriatric patient’s population due to administration of monolithic solid dosage forms which are also seen in the case of fast dissolving tablets considering the size of the tablets and this problem is eliminated with introduction of OST. OST is mainly used for buccoadhesive systems in which they are retained in the oral cavity to release drug in controlled manner. This technology has also been used for local action and rapid release products.Strips are ease of handling and administration, transportability, high stability, no special packaging material and/or processing requirements, no requirement of water for application. The advantage of OST over Orally Disintegrating Tablets is that the OST is relatively easy to fabricate whereas ODTs requires complicated and expensive process used to manufacture thus increasing the overall cost of the therapy. This review article enlightens the present and future perspective of OST along with its materials used for formulation, method of preparation, evaluation and benefits.