Sorbitan
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Mar 14, 2022.
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Sorbitans are derived from dehydration of sorbitol or sorbose and related compounds in ester combination with fatty acids and with short oligo (ethylene oxide) side chains and an oleate terminus to form detergents and surfactants such as polysorbate 80. Their appearance may vary from an amber-colored oily, viscous liquid, to a light cream color, to tan beads or flakes or a hard, waxy solid with a slight odor They are also used as surfactants or emulsifying agents in the preparation of emulsions, creams, and ointments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use. Sorbitan use in asthma inhalers has been implicated in causing secondary bronchospasms in children.
Top medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide and Doxylamine Succinate 325 mg / 15 mg / 6.25 mg
- Aleve naproxen sodium 220 mg
- Alka-Seltzer Plus Severe Cold, Mucus & Congestion acetaminophen 250 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / guaifenesin 200 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Alka-Seltzer Plus Severe Cough Mucus & Congestion (Night) acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Alka-Seltzer Plus Severe Cough Mucus & Congestion (Night) acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Calcitriol 0.25 mcg
- Calcitriol 0.5 mcg
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride and Ibuprofen diphenhydramine hydrochloride 25mg / ibuprofen 200 mg
- Docusate Calcium 240 mg
- Gas Relief Extra Strength simethicone 125 mg
- Ibuprofen 200 mg
- Ibuprofen 200 mg
- Kao-tin docusate calcium 240 mg
- Methoxsalen 10 mg
- Midol IB ibuprofen 200 mg
- Nifedipine 10 mg
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg
- Oxsoralen-ultra 10 mg
- Taysofy ferrous fumarate 75 mg
- Zephrex-D 30 mg
References
- Drugs.com. Sorbitan. Accessed February 28, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/dict/sorbitan.html
Further information
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