carbonate or sodium carbonate can also be added to improve the availability of the medicament when the capsule is ingested tablets are formulated for example by preparing a powder mixture granulating or slugging adding a lubricant and disintegrant and pressing into tablets a powder mixture is prepared by mixing the compound suitably comminuted with a diluent or base as described above and optionally with a binder such as carboxymethyl cellulose an alginate gelatin or polyvinyl pyrrolidone a solution retardant such as paraffin a resorption accelerator such as a quaternary salt and or an absorption agent such as bentonite kaolin or dicalcium phosphate the powder mixture can be granulated by wetting with a binder such as syrup starch paste acacia mucilage or solutions of cellulosic or polymeric materials and forcing through a screen as an alternative to granulating the powder mixture can be run through the tablet machine and the resulting imperfectly formed slugs broken into granules the granules can be lubricated to prevent sticking to the tablet forming dies by means of the addition of stearic acid a stearate salt talc or mineral oil the lubricated mixture is then compressed into tablets the medicaments can also be combined with free flowing inert carriers and compressed into tablets directly without going through the granulating or slugging steps a clear or opaque protective coating consisting of a sealing coat of shellac a coating of sugar or polymeric material and a polish coating of wax can be provided dyestuffs can be added to these coatings to distinguish different unit dosages oral fluids such as solutions syrups and elixirs can be prepared in dosage unit form so that a given quantity contains a predetermined amount of the compound syrups can be prepared by dissolving the.