Oblea

English translation: wafer, wafer tablet, wafer capsule

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Spanish term or phrase:Oblea
English translation:wafer, wafer tablet, wafer capsule
Entered by: Ashok Pipal

11:01 Dec 17, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Type of tablet
Spanish term or phrase: Oblea
I am translating a list of medicines and the forms in which they are available, like: tablets, capsules, solution, syrup etc.
There is this:
Rizatriptán. Tableta U Oblea Cada Tableta u Oblea contiene....
The agency is doubtful about my translating Oblea as Wafer (help sought from web).
Request please help.
Ashok Pipal
Local time: 21:10
wafer capsule
Explanation:
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matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 16:40
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I had initially used Wafer but it was not acceptable to the agency.
Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2wafer capsule
matt robinson
4 +2wafer
Chema Nieto Castañón
3oblong
Lisa Rosengard
Summary of reference entries provided
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

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wafer capsule


Explanation:
See link


    https://glosbe.com/en/es/wafer%20capsule
matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
I had initially used Wafer but it was not acceptable to the agency.
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MPGS: :-)
23 mins

agree  Steven Huddleston
6 hrs

neutral  Chema Nieto Castañón: Hi Matt; not sure but I'd say that wafers are a type of tablets. "Wafer capsule" sounds like a contradiction to me; a drug could be either a wafer (a very thin tablet) or a capsule, but both?
1 day 7 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wafer


Explanation:
Wafers are paper-thin polymer films used as carriers for pharmaceutical agents.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pharmatutor.org/articles/wa...

wa·fer (wā'fĕr),
A thin sheet of dried flour paste used to enclose a powder. The wafer is moistened and folded over the drug, so that it can be swallowed without taste.
https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/wafer

Available as tablets, and wafers which dissolve in the mouth
https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 16:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 624

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Delgado
19 mins
  -> Grax ;)

agree  Elisabel Gomez Sanchez
3 days 21 hrs
  -> Gracias
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
oblong


Explanation:
The tablet might be oblong, which is rectangular in shape.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


32 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
There are a number of links describing Rizatriptan as a "wafer", example "Maxalt* Melt Wafer.

https://www.nps.org.au/medicine-finder/rizatriptan-wafers#:~...

https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Rizatriptan Tablet Versus Wafer: Patient Preference

https://patient.info/medicine/rizatriptan-for-migraine-maxal...
If you are taking a Maxalt® tablet, swallow the tablet with a drink of water. If you are taking a Maxalt® Melt wafer, this has been made so that you can place it on your tongue and allow it to dissolve in your mouth. Maxalt® Melt wafers are particularly helpful if drinking water to take a tablet would make you feel sick.

https://www.drugs.com/uk/rizatriptan-10mg-oral-wafers-leafle...
LEAFLET Maxalt 20180205
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR USER
MAXALT® MELT 10mg ORAL WAFERS
(rizatriptan benzoate)
Your medicine is known as Maxalt Melt 10mg Oral Wafers but will
be referred to as Maxalt Melt throughout the following leaflet.

https://www.drug3k.com/archive_drugs-28.html
Maxalt (oral), See Rizatriptan (oral) (tablet, Tablet, Disintegrating)
Maxalt Mlt (oral), See Rizatriptan (oral) (tablet, Tablet, Disintegrating)
Maxalt-mlt (oral), See Rizatriptan (oral) (tablet, Tablet, Disintegrating)


RIZATRIPTAN WAFERS-10mg are used to relieve the headache pain and other symptoms of migraine attacks. RIZATRIPTAN WAFERS-10mg do not work for other types of headaches. Migraine is an intense, throbbing, typically one-sided headache. It often includes nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, and sensitivity to sound.

The usual dose to treat a migraine is one 10 mg wafer. If the first MAXALT Wafer does help your migraine, but it comes back later, you may take another wafer. Take the second wafer at least 2 hours after the first. Do not take more than 30 mg (three 10 mg wafers) in a 24 hour period.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 208

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  José Patrício: oblea wafer - https://pt.pons.com/tradução/espanhol-inglês/oblea
20 mins
  -> Thank you. However, I think just "wafer" will be sufficient.
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