Delayed Release Pill Challenge

A lot of medication comes in the form of pills that you need to swallow. But not all pills are the same! Some look like little capsules, others are made of pressed powder. Why are there different types of pills? The reason is that different types of pills release their medication into the body in different ways. Delayed-release pills, for example, have a specific coating that slowly dissolves to release its medication only some time after the pill has been swallowed. The project presented in this video challenges you to design a delayed-release pill from three different colored bath tablets and water-soluble polymers. Can you make a pill that releases each color at a different target time? Written instructions are available on our website at https://www.sciencebuddies.org/scienc....

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0:00 Introduction
0:13 Why Are There Different Types of Pills?
0:56 Introduction of Different Drug Release Mechanisms
1:29 Reasons for Delayed-Release Drugs
2:08 Enteric Coating of Delayed-Release Drugs
2:44 Pill Challenge Introduction
3:15 Pill Challenge Rules
4:04 Pill Score Calculation
5:25 Important Steps for Pill Making and Testing

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