Application of PET plastic bottles in pharmaceutical packaging
PET plastic bottles have many applications in pharmaceutical packaging, mainly including the following aspects:
1. Oral medication packaging:
Oral liquid preparations: such as cough syrup, cold oral liquid and other liquid medicines, PET plastic bottles are common packaging containers. Its advantage is that the bottle body is transparent, making it convenient for patients and medical staff to visually observe the color, clarity, and other status of the medication, ensuring the quality of the drug. Moreover, PET bottles have good airtightness, which can effectively prevent the evaporation of water in the medicine and the entry of external air and impurities, ensuring the stability and efficacy of the medicine.
Oral solid preparations: Solid preparations such as tablets and capsules are also packaged in PET plastic bottles. This packaging method can effectively separate and secure drugs, preventing them from breaking, deforming, or mixing during transportation and storage due to collisions, friction, and other reasons. At the same time, the sealing performance of PET bottles can prevent drugs from getting damp and deteriorating, extending the shelf life of drugs.
2. Packaging for external drugs:
Ointment: Some topical ointments, creams, and other preparations are usually packaged in PET plastic bottles with well sealed bottle caps or sealing films. This can ensure that the ointment is not contaminated by external factors during use, and maintain the cleanliness and sterility of the medication. Moreover, the material of PET bottles is lightweight, making it easy for patients to carry and use.
Disinfectant: such as iodine, alcohol and other disinfectants, can also be packaged in PET plastic bottles. PET bottles have good tolerance to these chemicals, which can prevent chemical reactions between the drugs and the bottle body, while ensuring that the effective ingredients of the drugs will not decrease or become ineffective due to the influence of packaging materials.
3. Health product packaging: Many health products, such as vitamin tablets, fish oil capsules, etc., will choose PET plastic bottles as packaging containers. On the one hand, the appearance of PET bottles can be designed beautifully, which can enhance the grade and attractiveness of health products; On the other hand, its excellent barrier properties can protect the active ingredients in health products from external environmental influences, ensuring the quality and efficacy of health products.
4. Drug packaging:
Drug desiccant packaging: In some drug packaging, desiccants are attached to absorb moisture inside the drug packaging and keep the drug dry. PET plastic bottles can be used to package desiccants and then placed together with drugs in the same packaging box, which not only facilitates the use of desiccants but also ensures the storage environment of drugs.
Drug trial packaging: Some drug manufacturers will launch drug trial packaging, and PET plastic bottles are suitable for packaging drug trial packaging due to their relatively low cost and convenient production and processing. This allows patients to try out the medication before purchasing it, and understand its effectiveness and applicability.