Dextrose

Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)

What is it?

Dextrose (C6H12O6), also known as corn sugar, is a common binder used in the pharmaceutical industry. Binders are added to tablet formulations to add cohesiveness to powders and provide the necessary bonding to form a compact tablet mass. As a medicinal product, dextrose may be used in intravenous fluids containing various amounts of sugars to be given when a patient needs additional fluids and calories for energy. It may also be used as a vehicle to provide other injectable medicines.^[1]

Top Medications with this excipient

• Botanic Choice Allergy Relief (Homeopathic) allium cepa, apis mellifica, arsenicum album, euphrasia officinalis, nux vomica (Indiana Botanic Gardens)
• Botanic Choice Bladder Confidence Formula (Homeopathic) belladonna, canthris, apis mellifica, arnica montana, allium cepa, rhus aromatica, equisetum hyemale (Indiana Botanic Gardens)
• FerraPlus 90 vitamin B complex with C, folic acid, iron and docusate (Trigen Laboratories Inc)
• Focalin XR 20 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 15 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 40 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 10 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 30 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 5 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Focalin XR 25 mg (Novartis Corporation)
• Focalin XR 35 mg (Novartis Corporation)
• Pre Natal Vitamins Plus prenatal multivitamins with ferrous fumarate 27 mg and folic acid 1 mg (Boca Pharmacal, Inc.)
• Ritalin LA 20 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Ritalin LA 30 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Ritalin LA 40 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Ritalin LA 10 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
• Spironolactone 50 mg (Actavis)
• Stay Awake caffeine 200 mg (Rite Aid)
• TriAdvance prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1 mg (Trigen Laboratories Inc)
• Vivarin 200 mg (GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare LP)