Chemicals and Drugs

Enteric-Coated Tablets

Tablets coated with material that delays release of the medication until after they leave the stomach. (Dorland, 28th ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Tablets coated with material that delays release of the medication until after they leave the stomach. (Dorland, 28th ed)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Tablets, Enteric-Coated
  • Tablets, Enteric Coated

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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Indexing Annotation

IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) when drug in tablet form is IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in the tablet, not the "tablet"

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Enteric-Coated Tablets. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013608. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013608
  2. Enteric-Coated Tablets. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteric_coating
  3. Enteric-Coated Tablets. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1811185