common tablet shapes
Standard convex
Compound cup
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
Convex with bevel Flat-faced plain Flat-faced bevel-edged
Standard convex
bisect not flush
Standard convex
quadrisect flush
Standard convex
straight-through bisect
Oval
Arc triangle
Modified rectangle Diamond Pentagon Hexagon
Octagon natural edge Heart Half moon
(" D" shape)
Almond
Square Pillow
(arc square)
Rectangle
Bullet Arrowhead Triangle
Reprinted
by
permission.
From
Tableting
Specification
Manual,
7th
edition
(Washington,
DC:
American
Pharmacists
Association,
2006),
figure
25.
©
2006
by
the
American
Pharmacists
Association.
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