D&C Red No. 7
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
D&C Red No. 7 is a drug and cosmetic synthetic dye. The FDA lists it as a safe additive for drugs and cosmetics as per FDA standards. In cosmetics, it can be used externally and in general cosmetics.
The color additive D&C Red No. 7 may be safely used for coloring drugs such that the combined total of D&C Red No. 6 and D&C Red No. 7 does not exceed 5 milligrams per daily dose of the drug.[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://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=c387334e82029536a53dde1171ba5481;rgn=div5;view=text;node=21%3A1.0.1.1.27;idno=21;cc=ecfr#21:1.0.1.1.27.2.31.16
Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen, Butalbital, Caffeine and Codeine 325 mg / 50 mg / 40 mg / 30 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals)
- ConZip 200 mg (Vertical Pharmaceuticals Inc)
- ConZip 300 mg (Vertical Pharmaceuticals Inc)
- Dipyridamole 25 mg (Glenmark Generics Inc.)
- Fluoxetine Hydrochloride 10 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Fluoxetine Hydrochloride 20 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Indomethacin 25 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
- Indomethacin 50 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
- Methergine 0.2 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
- Morphine Sulfate SR 30 mg (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)
- Oxazepam 10 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Oxazepam 15 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Oxazepam 30 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Parnate 10 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Premarin 0.9 mg (Wyeth)
- Prilosec 10 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Prilosec 20 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Prilosec 40 mg (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals)
- Sodium Fluoride (Chewable) 2.2 mg (equiv. fluoride 1 mg) (Libertas Pharma, Inc.)
- Tranylcypromine Sulfate 10 mg (Rising Pharmaceuticals)
