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
Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen and Hydrocodone Bitartrate 500 mg / 10 mg (Vintage Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 10 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine 20 mg (Core Pharmaceuticals Inc)
- Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine 30 mg (Core Pharmaceuticals Inc)
- Benadryl Allergy Ultratab diphenhydramine 25 mg (McNeil Consumer Healthcare Div)
- Bystolic 10 mg (Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
- Bystolic 5 mg (Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
- Cough & Cold HBP chlorpheniramine maleate 4 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 30 mg (Value Merchandisers Company, Inc.)
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg (Major Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg (New World Imports, Inc)
- Estradiol 1 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 175 mcg (0.175 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Levothyroxine Sodium 112 mcg (0.112 mg) (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Lortab 10/500 500 mg / 10 mg (UCB Pharma, Inc.)
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Morphine Sulfate SR 30 mg (Ethex Corporation)
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg (Zydus Pharmaceuticals)
- Promethazine Hydrochloride 25 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Promethazine Hydrochloride 50 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
