Peppermint
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jul 24, 2024.
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Peppermint is a natural or artificial flavor commonly used in medicine, chewing gum and toothpaste. A flavor, as used in the pharmaceutical industry for inactive ingredients, refers to natural or artificial tastes, which may include fragrances and colors of the flavoring. Flavors are used for orally consumed products such as syrups, chewable tablets, suspensions, or gums that impart beneficial therapeutic effect, as well.
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations describes a natural flavorant as: the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.
Artificial flavors include any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.[1]
Some examples of medications containing Peppermint
- Aldactone 100 mg
- Alprazolam (orally disintegrating) 0.5 mg
- Alprazolam (orally disintegrating) 0.25 mg
- Alprazolam (orally disintegrating) 1 mg
- Clozapine (Orally Disintegrating) 25 mg
- Clozapine (Orally Disintegrating) 100 mg
- Clozapine (Orally Disintegrating) 25 mg
- Nifedipine 10 mg
- Ondansetron Hydrochloride (Orally Disintegrating) 8 mg
- Ondansetron Hydrochloride (Orally Disintegrating) 4 mg
- Rizatriptan Benzoate (Orally Disintegrating) 10 mg (base)
- Rizatriptan Benzoate (Orally Disintegrating) 10 mg (base)
- Rizatriptan Benzoate (Orally Disintegrating) 10 mg (base)
- Simethicone 125 mg
- Simethicone (Chewable) 80 mg
- Spironolactone 25 mg
- Spironolactone Hydrochloride 100 mg
- Spironolactone Hydrochloride 50 mg
- Spironolactone Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Suprenza 37.5 mg
References
- The Code of Federal Regulations. Title 21. Food and Drugs. Vol. 2. 2010-04-01. 101.22. Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives.
Further information
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