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An extended-release medication is usually labeled with ?ER? or ?XR? at the end of its name. Medications that have ER forms are designed to make them last longer in your body. This allows the medication to be taken less often compared to the IR version, so you may only take 1 to 2 doses a day instead of 3 to 4.

Examples of immediate release medications would be Percocet and Norco. Extended release medications on the other hand are generally only taken once or twice a day. They are specially made capsules designed to provide a pre-designated amount of medication throughout the day.

Extended-release dosage consists of either sustained-release (SR) or controlled-release (CR) dosage. SR maintains drug release over a sustained period but not at a constant rate. CR maintains drug release over a sustained period at a nearly constant rate.

Definition of 'prolonged-release' Prolonged-release drugs release the active ingredients slowly and work for a longer time. A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.

Prolonged release means long time releasing system while extended release system means system which extends the releasing time. ER and PR are the same and have single functionality of extending the time of release of a drug from dosage forms.

Prolonged release means long time releasing system while extended release system means system which extends the releasing time. ER and PR are the same and have single functionality of extending the time of release of a drug from dosage forms.

CR = controlled release, SR = sustained release, ER = extended release, IR = immediate release.

An extended-release medication is usually labeled with ER or XR at the end of its name. Medications that have ER forms are designed to make them last longer in your body. This allows the medication to be taken less often compared to the IR version, so you may only take 1 to 2 doses a day instead of 3 to 4.

XR or ER is short for extended-release which means the pill is formulated so that the drug is released slowly over time. This has the advantage of taking pills less often and there may be fewer side-effects as the levels of the drug in the body are more consistent in extended-release formulations.

Sustained release's definition is more akin to a "controlled release" rather than "sustained". Extended-release dosage consists of either sustained-release (SR) or controlled-release (CR) dosage. SR maintains drug release over a sustained period but not at a constant rate.