Medium-chain Triglycerides
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Medium chain triglycerides (MCT) are a medical food derived from fatty acids (6 to 12 carbons) and safflower oil, a polyunsaturated fat. Medium chain triglycerides are for dietary use in people whose bodies cannot digest certain foods properly. This includes people who are gluten or lactose intolerant, or who have unintended weight loss or need increased calories for other medical reasons. Medium chain triglycerides does not contain protein or carbohydrates. Medium-chain triglycerides are also used as carriers and emollients in the formulation of cosmetics. They are frequently found in topical aerosols, foams, creams, ointments and lotions, and are regularly used in flavorings and fragrances because of their bland taste profiles and low natural odor.
[1] Drugs.com. Medium Chain Triglycerides. Accessed February 22, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/mtm/medium-chain-triglycerides.html
[2] Viachem. Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCT) - Captex. Accessed February 21, 2015 at http://www.viacheminc.com/abitec/medium-chain-triglyceride-mct-captex/
Top Medications with this excipient
- Advil 200 mg (Pfizer Consumer Healthcare)
- Arthriten Inflammatory Pain Formula acetaminophen 250 mg / aspirin 250 mg / caffeine 65 mg (Alva-Amco Pharmacal Companies, Inc)
- Backaid Inflammatory Pain Formula acetaminophen 250 mg / aspirin 250 mg caffeine 65 mg (Alva-Amco Pharmacal Companies, Inc.)
- Carbamazepine Extended Release 300 mg (Nostrum Laboratories, Inc.)
- Carbamazepine Extended Release 100 mg (Nostrum Laboratories, Inc.)
- Carbamazepine Extended Release 200 mg (Nostrum Laboratories, Inc.)
- Detrol LA 2 mg (Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group)
- Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended Release 5 mg (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)
- Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended Release 10 mg (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)
- Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Extended Release 15 mg (Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals)
- Excedrin Back & Body acetaminophen 250 mg / aspirin 250 mg (Novartis Consumer Health, Inc)
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 36 mg (Mallinckrodt, Inc.)
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 54 mg (Mallinckrodt, Inc.)
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 27 mg (Mallinckrodt, Inc.)
- Nimodipine 30 mg (Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories)
- Tretinoin 10 mg (Par Pharmaceutical Inc.)
- Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended Release 37.5 mg (Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.)
- Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended Release 75 mg (Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.)
- Venlafaxine Hydrochloride Extended Release 150 mg (Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.)
- Vitamin D ergocalciferol 1.25 mg (50,000 USP units) (Paddock Laboratories, Inc.)
