Pill Size Chart
In medicine, pill has been invented around late 1300s. In ancient Greece, people were used to make little ball or tiny pellet from bread dough, honey, and grease in round or other shapes as ‘Katapotia’ means something meant to be swallowed.
A Roman scholar Pliny was the first who named it ‘Pilula’. Later in 1940, first pharmaceutically approved pill was invented by a chemist in Mexico City called Dr Carl Djerassi who synthesized progesterone.
It is a broad category that holds a vast spectrum of solid dosage form of medicament with suitable excipients. For example: tablet, capsule, or caplet.
Today, pills are available in different sizes. That’s why pill size charts are designed by experts to make you them easily. It is necessary to learn for prescribing, manufacturing, or dispensing medications to minimize chances or errors.