Ferric Oxide
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is Ferric Oxide?
FDA regulates color additives used in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Ferric (iron) oxides, also known as ferrosoferric oxides, are inorganic pigments used in the pharmaceutical industry as coating pigment. Iron oxides are also commonly used in the cosmetics industry. Iron oxides for use in pharmaceutical manufacturing may also be synthetic. [1] [2]
[1] Dave RH. Overview of pharmaceutical excipients used in tablets and capsules. Drug Topics (online). Advanstar. 10/24/2008 http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Top+News/Overview-of-pharmaceutical-excipients-used-in-tabl/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/561047. Accessed 08/19/2011
[2] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Color Additives: FDA's Regulatory Process and Historical Perspectives. Accessed 10/20/2011. http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/RegulatoryProcessHistoricalPerspectives/default.htm
Top Medications Containing Ferric Oxide
- Adalat CC 90 mg (Schering)
- Adalat CC 60 mg (Schering)
- Aldactazide 25 mg / 25 mg (G.D. Searle LLC)
- Aldactazide 50 mg / 50 mg (G.D. Searle LLC)
- Bisoprolol Fumarate and Hydrochlorothiazide 5 mg / 6.25 mg (Unichem Pharmaceuticals)
- Cefprozil 500 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Citalopram Hydrobromide 20 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Citalopram Hydrobromide 10 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Clopidogrel Bisulfate 75 mg (base) (Apotex Corp.)
- COMPAZINE 10 MG (GSK Pharm)
- Enalapril Maleate and Hydrochlorothiazide 10 mg / 25 mg (Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate and Hydrochlorothiazide 5 mg / 12.5 mg (Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.)
- Norpramin 75 mg (Aventis Pharmaceuticals)
- Relafen 750 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Ultracet 325 mg / 37.5 mg (Janssen Pharmaceuticals)
- Ursodiol 300 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals)
- Venlafaxine Hydrochloride 50 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
- Voltaren 75 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
- Xifaxan 550 mg (Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
- Zolpidem Tartrate 10 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
