Tablets & Capsules November 2019 27
common tablet shapes
Standard convex Standard convex
bisect not flush
Standard convex
quadrisect flush
Standard convex
straight-through
bisect
Compound cup Convex with bevel Flat-faced plain Flat-faced bevel-
edged
Flat-faced bevel-
edged bisect
Flat-faced bevel-
edged quadrisect
Flat-faced
radius-edged
Lozenge
Modified ball Core rod type
(hole in center)
Capsule Modified capsule
Oval Bullet Arrowhead Triangle
Arc triangle Square Pillow (arc square) Rectangle
Modified rectangle Diamond Pentagon Hexagon
Octagon natural edge Heart Half moon
("D" shape)
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Reprinted
by
permission.
From
Tableting
Specification
Manual,
7th
edition
(Washington,
DC:
American
Pharmacists
Association,
2006),
figure
25.
©
2006
by
the
American
Pharmacists
Association.
