D&C Red No. 30
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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]
Top medications with this excipient
- Amoxicillin Trihydrate 875 mg
- Amoxicillin Trihydrate 500 mg
- Aspirin and Carisoprodol 325 mg / 200 mg
- Azithromycin Monohydrate 250 mg
- Bismuth Subsalicylate (Chewable) 262 mg
- Clonazepam 0.5 mg
- Covaryx HS esterified estrogens 0.625 mg / methyltestosterone 1.25 mg
- Demeclocycline Hydrochloride 150 mg
- Dilaudid 2 mg
- Divalproex Sodium Delayed-Release 250 mg
- Lo/Ovral-28 ethinyl estradiol 0.03 mg / norgestrel 0.3 mg
- Lopressor 100 mg
- Lovastatin 20 mg
- Metoprolol Tartrate 50 mg
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Oxycodone Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Oxymorphone Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Pentoxifylline 400 mg
- Warfarin Sodium 1 mg
- Zovia 1/35E ethinyl estradiol 35 mcg / ethynodiol 1 mg
References
- 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
- 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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