ADVANTAGES OF CAPSULES FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION

1. conveniently carried 2. readily identified 3. easily taken 4. prescribing flexibility 5. Efficiently and productively manufactured 6. Packaged and shipped at lower cost and with less breakage 7. More stable and have a longer shelf-life 8. Empty hard gelatin capsules are often used in the extemporaneous compounding of prescriptions. 9. Tablets and capsules are sometimes used as the source of a medicinal agent when it is not otherwise available.