Sodium Ascorbate
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Sodium ascorbate (C6H7NaO6) is the sodium salt form of vitamin C that is more easily absorbed than ascorbic acid. Sodium ascorbate can be given as an injection. Sodium ascorbate is also found in osmotic laxatives indicated for cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy. It may also be found as an ingredient in other pharmaceutical products. Sodium ascorbate can also be used as a food additive and is listed on the FDA list of generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances.[1][2]
[1] Drugs.com. Sodium ascorbate. Accessed April 8, 2012. http://www.drugs.com/cdi/sodium-ascorbate-injection.html
[2] FDA’s SCOGS database; L-ascorbic acid; SCOGS-Report Number: 59; http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodIngredientsPackaging/GenerallyRecognizedasSafeGRAS/GRASSubstancesSCOGSDatabase/ucm260452.htm Accessed March 26, 2012.
Top Medications with this excipient
- Folgard vitamin D3 2000 IU / folic acid 800 mcg / vitamin B6 12 mg / vitamin B12 120 mcg (Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.)
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 1 mg (Boca Pharmacal, Inc.)
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 0.25 mg (Boca Pharmacal, Inc. )
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 0.5 mg (Libertas Pharma, Inc.)
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 1 mg (Libertas Pharma, Inc.)
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 0.25 mg (Libertas Pharma, Inc.)
- Multivitamin with Fluoride (Chewable) multivitamin with fluoride 0.5 mg (Boca Pharmacal, Inc.)
- PreferaOB prenatal/postnatal multivitamins and minerals (Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC)
- Prenatal Plus Prenatal Vitamin with Iron Fumarate (Akyma Pharmaceuticals)
- PRIFTIN 150 MG (Aventis Pharmaceuticals)
- Soriatane 17.5 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Soriatane 22.5 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Soriatane 10 mg (Stiefel Laboratories Inc)
- Soriatane 25 mg (Stiefel Laboratories Inc)
