Evaluation of Preference for Swallowing Orally Disintegrating Famotidine Tablet in Outpatients.

A survey on the preference of patients for swallowing an orally disintegrating famotidine tablet (OD tablet) was carried out on ulcerous outpatients who had been previously taking a conventional famotidine preparation (either tablet or powder). OD tablets could be taken without water by about 90% of these patients. About half of all patients voiced a desire to change to the new OD tablets, while about 20% chose to continue taking the conventional preparation. Patients over 60 years of age tended to prefer the OD tablets, whereas patients under 60 years of age varied among the individual. The obtained results thus suggest that OD tablets are useful and preferredby patients over 60 years of age.