Guar Gum
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
The guar plant is a small nitrogen-fixing annual that bears pods, each containing a number of seeds. Guar gum is a food additive shown to reduce serum cholesterol. It appears to have positive effects on blood glucose. Do not use guar gum to promote weight loss. Guar gum has been used for centuries as a thickening agent for foods and pharmaceuticals. It continues to find extensive use for these applications as well as the paper, textile, and oil drilling industries.[1]
Top Medications with this excipient
- Alfuzosin Hydrochloride Extended-Release 10 mg (Invagen Pharmaceuticals)
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 5 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.)
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 5 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.)
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 10 mg (Sun Pharma Global FZE)
- Cetirizine Hydrochloride (Chewable) 10 mg (Sun Pharma Global FZE)
- Ibuprofen and Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride 200 mg / 30 mg (Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Methitest 10 mg (Global Pharmaceuticals)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 1 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 2 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 0.5 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 0.5 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 1 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 2 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 3 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 3 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 4 mg (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited)
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 4 mg (Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc.)
- Senokot-S docusate sodium 50 mg / sennosides 8.6 mg (Purdue Pharma LP)
- Tums Kids calcium carbonate 750 mg (GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Heathcare)
- Tums Smoothies calcium carbonate 750 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
