Immediate Release (IR)

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Descriptive term for a dosage form in which no deliberate effort has been made to modify the API release rate. In the case of capsules and tablets, the inclusion or exclusion of a disintegrating agent is not interpreted as a modification.

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