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Various medications include tartrazine to give a yellow, orange or green hue to a liquid, capsule, pill, lotion, or gel, primarily for easy identification. [9] Types of pharmaceutical products that may contain tartrazine include vitamins, antacids, cold medications (including cough drops and throat lozenges), lotions and prescription drugs.
A caplet is a smooth, coated, oval-shaped medicinal tablet in the general shape of a capsule. Many caplets have an indentation running down the middle, so they may be split in half more easily. [5] Consumers have viewed capsules as the most effective way to take medication ever since they first appeared.
Gelatin capsules, informally called gel caps or gelcaps, are composed of gelatin manufactured from the collagen of animal skin or bone. [4] Vegetable capsules, introduced in 1989, [5] are made from cellulose, a structural component in plants. The main ingredient of vegetarian capsules is hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. In the 21st century ...
Nitazoxanide is a light yellow crystalline powder. It is poorly soluble in ethanol and practically insoluble in water. The molecular formula of Nitazoxanide is C12H9N3O5S and its molecular weight is 307.28 g/mol2. Tizoxanide, an active metabolite of nitazoxanide in humans, is also an antiparasitic drug of the thiazolide class.
Combined oral contraceptive pill; Background; Type: Hormonal: First use: 1960; 65 years ago () (United States) Failure rates (first year) Perfect use: 0.3% [1] Typical use: 9% [1] Usage; Duration effect: 1–4 days: Reversibility: Yes: User reminders: Taken within same 24-hour window each day: Clinic review: 6 months: Advantages and ...
Low IC 50 or high pIC 50 values indicate tighter binding (pIC 50 of 8.0 = IC 50 of 10nM, pIC 50 of 9.0 = IC 50 of 1nM, etc.) These are non subtype selective IC 50 values averaged across all GABA A receptor subtypes , so subtype selective compounds with strong binding at one subtype but weak at others will appear unusually weak due to averaging ...
On 24 March 2010, Hong Kong's Department of Health recalled both Po Chai Pills Capsule Form and Po Chai Pills Bottle Form from local retail outlets and consumers. [ 2 ] On 11 May 2010, a licensed manufacturer in proprietary Chinese medicine, Li Chung Shing Tong (Holdings) Ltd. HK was given the green light to resume production and marketing of ...
In July 2023, the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first over-the-counter (OTC) POP birth control pill to be sold without a prescription in the United States. The pill, marketed under the brand name Opill, is once daily 0.075 mg oral norgestrel. [65]