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Modified-release

Meaning in pharmacy & pharmacology, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In pharmacy & pharmacology, modified-release means: Describes a tablet or capsule designed to release its drug slowly, or at a particular time or place, rather than all at once after swallowing.

In Turkish: değiştirilmiş salımlı, kontrollü salımlı, uzatılmış salımlı

How it is used

Shortened to MR, and similar letters appear in product names: SR (sustained-release), XL, ER or XR (extended-release), CR (controlled-release). These products allow fewer daily doses and steadier blood levels. They should usually not be crushed or chewed, and different MR brands are not always interchangeable.

Example sentences

  1. Don't crush that tablet; it's a modified-release form.

  2. The modified-release version is taken once a day instead of three times.

Common collocations

  • modified-release tablet
  • extended-release
  • sustained-release
  • MR formulation
  • tabletA solid dosage form made by pressing a powder of the active ingredient and other substances into a small flat or round shape, which is usually swallowed.
  • enteric-coatedDescribes a tablet or capsule with a special coating that does not dissolve in stomach acid but breaks down later, in the small intestine.
  • dosage formThe physical form in which a medicine is made and given, such as a tablet, capsule, syrup, cream, injection, patch or suppository.
  • plasma concentrationThe amount of a drug in a given volume of blood plasma at a particular time, used to describe how a drug behaves and to check that levels are safe.

More terms: Dosage Forms

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