No one should swallow big plastic bags. Killed my friends dog. Dog ate a bunch of saran wrap out of the garbage and got obstructed. They couldn't see it on the x-ray of course. Had to open up his miles of intestine to find it and the contamination from that in his gut killed him. Poor guy.
We are not talking a hefty bag here, btw those capsule's are made out of plastic I think?
Guess not? Interesting....
In the manufacture of pharmaceuticals,
encapsulation refers to a range of
dosage forms—techniques used to enclose medicines—in a relatively stable shell known as a
capsule, allowing them to, for example, be taken orally or be used as
suppositories. The two main types of capsules are:
- Hard-shelled capsules, which contain dry, powdered ingredients or miniature pellets made by e.g. processes of extrusion or spheronization. These are made in two halves: a smaller-diameter “body” that is filled and then sealed using a larger-diameter “cap”.
- Soft-shelled capsules, primarily used for oils and for active ingredients that are dissolved or suspended in oil.
Both of these classes of capsules are made from aqueous solutions of
gelling agents, such as
animal protein (mainly
gelatin) or plant
polysaccharides or their derivatives (such as
carrageenans and modified forms of
starch and
cellulose). Other ingredients can be added to the gelling agent solution including
plasticizers such as
glycerin or
sorbitolto decrease the capsule's hardness,
coloring agents,
preservatives, disintegrants,
lubricants and
surface treatment.
