D&C Red No. 27
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
D&C Red No. 27 is a drug and cosmetic synthetic dye. The FDA lists it as a safe additive for drugs and cosmetics as per FDA standards. D&C Red No. 27 may be safely used for coloring drugs generally in amounts consistent with current good manufacturing practice and all batches must be certified. In cosmetics, it can be used externally and in general cosmetics, including lipsticks, but is not to be used in cosmetics close to the eye.[1] Its use in coloring pharmaceuticals and cosmetics may only be of quantities allowable by the FDA.[1][2]
[1] U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Cosmetics. Color Additives Permitted for Use. Accessed 8/20/2012. http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/VoluntaryCosmeticsRegistrationProgramVCRP/OnlineRegistration/ucm109084.htm
[2] U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Color Additives and Cosmetics. Updated 4/29/2007. Accessed 8/20/2012. http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditivesinSpecificProducts/InCosmetics/ucm110032.htm
Further information
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Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen and Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 500 mg / 25 mg
- Acetaminophen and Hydrocodone Bitartrate 500 mg / 10 mg
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine 20 mg
- Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine 30 mg
- Calcium Carbonate (Chewable) 750 mg
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Levetiracetam 250 mg
- Levothyroxine Sodium 175 mcg (0.175 mg)
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg
- Morphine Sulfate SR 30 mg
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 1 mg
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Promethazine Hydrochloride 25 mg
- St. Joseph HBP Cough & Cold chlorpheniramine maleate 4 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 30 mg
- UR N-C hyoscyamine 0.12 mg / methenamine 81.6 mg / methylene blue 10.8 mg / phenyl salicylate 36.2 mg / sodium phosphate monobasic 40.8 mg
