Taste Masking Techniques for Bitter Drugs-an Overview

Taste is mainly a function of taste buds in the mouth. In the formulation for pediatric & geriatric, bed ridden & non-cooperative patients the main challenge to the compounding pharmacist is to mask the taste of obnoxious and bitter drugs, result is patient not receiving the optimal therapeutic value of their medication. Taste masking is the main factor in the development of the dosage form. It opens the doors for new inventions and patents. Many techniques have been developed which not only improve the taste of molecule but also the formulation and performance of the molecule. The main objective of present review is to explore different method, technologies and evaluations to mask the obnoxious taste of drugs, so that patients can use these drugs without hesitation of taste.