D&C Red No. 30
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
D&C Red No. 30 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. 30 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.)
- Amoxicillin Trihydrate 875 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
- Bayer Headache Relief aspirin 500 mg / caffeine 32.5 mg (Bayer HealthCare LLC)
- Certuss-D chlophedianol 25 mg / guaifenesin 400 mg / pseudoephedrine 60 mg (Capellon Pharmaceuticals, LLC)
- Clomipramine Hydrochloride 25 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Clonazepam 0.5 mg (Actavis)
- Dilaudid 2 mg (Purdue Pharma LP)
- Maxaron Forte Vitamin B12 with C, Folic Acid and Iron (Centrix Pharmaceutical Inc)
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
- Opana 10 mg (Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg (Zydus Pharmaceuticals)
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.)
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 5 mg (Nesher Pharmaceuticals USA LLC)
- Paroxetine Hydrochloride 20 mg (Aurobindo Pharma)
- Premarin 0.9 mg (Wyeth)
- Promethazine Hydrochloride 25 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Ranitidine Hydrochloride 150 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Ropinirole Hydrochloride 3 mg (Wockhardt USA)
- Zolpidem Tartrate 10 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Zolpidem Tartrate 5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
