Dextrates

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Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)

What is it?

Dextrates is a purified mixture of saccharides developed from the controlled enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. It is either anhydrous (no water) or hydrated (with water) and contains between 93 and 99% of dextrose equivalent, calculated on the dried basis. It is a micro-crystalline aggregate, and is made of free-flowing, porous, white, odorless, and spherical granules. It may be directly compressed into self-binding tablets; it is used in the preparation of chewable, non-chewable, soluble, dispersible and effervescent tablets. It has a sweet taste and produces a cooling sensation in the mouth. Dextrate is freely soluble in water (1 g in 1 mL), insoluble in ethanol, and soluble in dilute acids and alkalies.^[1]

Some examples of medications containing Dextrates

• Acetaminophen Junior Strength (Chewable) 80 mg
• Acid Reducer + Antacid Dual Action calcium carbonate 800 mg / famotidine 10 mg / magnesium hydroxide 165 mg
• Aspirin (Chewable) 81 mg
• Aspirin (Chewable) 81 mg
• Bismuth Subsalicylate (Chewable) 262 mg
• Caffeine 200 mg
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 200 mg
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 400 mg
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 200 mg
• Carbamazepine Extended-Release 100 mg
• Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 12.5 mg
• Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 12.5 mg
• Fosrenol 750 mg
• Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate 200 mg
• Lanthanum Carbonate (Chewable) 750 mg
• Lanthanum Carbonate (Chewable) 500 mg
• Lanthanum Carbonate (Chewable) 1000 mg
• Meclizine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 25 mg
• Mylanta Gas Maximum Strength 125 mg
• XL-3 Cold Medicine for Children acetaminophen 80 mg / chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg

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