Maleic Acid
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Maleic acid (C4H4O4) is used as an industrial raw material. It appears as a white solid. The major industrial use of maleic acid is its conversion to fumaric acid. It is also used to prepare maleate salts for pharmaceuticals.[1]
[1] Drugs.com Maleic acid. Accessed February 21, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/dict/maleic-acid.html[1]
Top Medications with this excipient
- Bromocriptine Mesylate 5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Bromocriptine Mesylate 5 mg (Zydus Pharmaceuticals)
- Bromocriptine Mesylate 2.5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Bromocriptine Mesylate 2.5 mg (Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Bromocriptine Mesylate 2.5 mg (Paddock Laboratories, Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate 2.5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate 5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate 10 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate 20 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate and Hydrochlorothiazide 5 mg / 12.5 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Enalapril Maleate and Hydrochlorothiazide 10 mg / 25 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Methergine 0.2 mg (Novartis Pharmaceuticals)
