Results: 3D Printed Pill: Formulate, Download, and Print Your Own Medicine?
Published on 11/06/2015
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*From AAPS; 11.02.2015: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first 3D printed drug, an anti-epilepsy drug called Spritam, made with Aprecia Pharmaceutical's proprietary 3D printing technology, ZipDose. The technology creates pills that rapidly disintegrate with a sip of liquid and allow a high drug load—up to 1,000 mg—to be delivered in a single dose. When I first this article today, I thought really? Pill printing?! Was there something wrong with the way we were making pills before? What do you think?
3d printing is the way to go, even for medication
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I say stick with the traditional way of formulating and making pills: If ain't broke why fix it?
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Here are some other ways that 3d is working, in the medical field. Check off what you were already aware of:
Printing new jawbones in facial reconstruction
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Printing new dental implants
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Printing new personalized prosthetics
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516 votes
N/A
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A 3D printed pill is expected to offer the potential to create personalized drugs based on the specific patient needs, rather than having a one-product-fits-all approach. So, in this case, do you approve of 3d printing for tailored medications?
Yes
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No
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3d medication will reduce the incidence of adverse effects by tailoring its dose. Have you ever needed a medication but could not tolerate the side affects? Yes
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No
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Not Applicable
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Your overall thought regarding 3d medications is?
Welcomes promising products
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850 votes
Not having it: will just introduce a world of trouble into the pharmaceutical industry
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887 votes
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