Calcium Stearate
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Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Calcium stearate (C36H70CaO4) is a mixture of calcium oxide with solid fatty acids such as stearic and palmitic acids. It is used as pharmaceutical excipient in manufacturing and used for tablet and capsule lubrication. It has good anti-adherent and lubricant properties but poor glidant properties. Calcium stearate is also used in cosmetics and food products.[1]
Calcium stearate is used in oral drug formulations and is reported as nontoxic and nonirritant. It is listed on the FDA Generally Regarded as Safe database.[1][2]
Top medications with this excipient
- Armour Thyroid 90 mg
- Dialyvite Supreme D Multivitamin Supplement for Dialysis Patients
- Diazepam 2 mg
- Didrex 50 mg
- Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate 100 mg / 150 mg
- Ethinyl Estradiol and Norethindrone Acetate 0.005 mg / 1 mg
- Grifulvin V 500 mg
- Isoniazid 100 mg
- Nitroglycerin (Sublingual) 0.4 mg
- Nitrostat 0.6 mg
- Orap 2 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium 40 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed Release 40 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 20 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 40 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 40 mg
- Quinidine Sulfate 300 mg
- Tamsulosin Hydrochloride 0.4 mg
- Tamsulosin Hydrochloride 0.4 mg
- Valium 10 mg
References
- Medicines Complete. Pharmaceutical Excipients. Monographs. Copovidone. Accessed April 8, 2012. http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/excipients/current/1001936849.htm#_1002015028
- FDA’s SCOGS database; calcium stearate; SCOGS-Report Number: 59; Accessed April 9, 2012. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnDetailNavigation.cfm?rpt=scogsListing&id=66
Further information
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