Polacrilin Potassium
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Polacrilin potassium is an ion exchange resin used in oral pharmaceutical formulations as a tablet disintegrant. It is a weakly acidic cation exchange resin. Chemically, it is a partial potassium salt of a copolymer of methacrylic acid with divinyl benzene. Physically, ion exchange resins are small plastic beads with a diameter of roughly 0.6 millimeters. [1]
[1] Bele MH, et al. Effect of Polacrilin Potassium as Disintegrant on Bioavailability of Diclofenac Potassium in Tablets : a Technical Note. AAPS PharmSciTech. 2012 Sep; 13(3): 756–59. Accessed February 27, 2015 at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429670/
Top Medications with this excipient
- Ativan 0.5 mg ()
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- Lorazepam 1 mg ()
- Lorazepam 1 mg ()
- Lorazepam 0.5 mg ()
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- Lorazepam 1 mg ()
- Lorazepam 0.5 mg ()
- Loxapine Succinate 5 mg ()
- Loxitane 25 mg ()
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- Microgestin 1/20 ethinyl estradiol 0.02 mg / norethindrone 1 mg ()
- Necon 10/11 ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg / norethindrone 0.5 mg ()
- Risperidone (Orally Disintegrating) 0.5 mg ()
- Verapamil Hydrochloride 40 mg ()
- Zolmitriptan (Orally Disintegrating) 5 mg ()
- Zovia 1/35E ethinyl estradiol 35 mcg / ethynodiol 1 mg ()
