Sorbitan
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 and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride acetaminophen 325 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg (Amerisource Bergen)
- Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 325 mg / 10 mg / 5 mg (Perrigo, L. Company)
- Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide and Doxylamine Succinate 325 mg / 15 mg / 6.25 mg (Care One (American Sales Company))
- Acetaminophen, Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide and Doxylamine Succinate 325 mg / 15 mg / 6.25 mg (Care One (American Sales Company))
- Acetaminophen, Doxylamine Succinate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride acetaminophen 325 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg (Amerisource Bergen)
- Advil Liqui-Gels 200 mg (Pfizer Consumer Healthcare)
- Aleve naproxen sodium 220 mg (Bayer HealthCare LLC, Consumer Care)
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25 mg (P and L Development of New York Corporation)
- Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride and Ibuprofen 25 mg / 200 mg (Strides Arcolab Limited)
- Docusate Sodium 100 mg (Perrigo Company)
- Midol 200 mg (Bayer HealthCare LLC - Consumer Care)
- Naproxen Sodium 220 mg (CVS Pharmacy)
- Nifedipine 10 mg (Inverness)
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg (HyVee Inc.)
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg (HyVee Inc.)
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg (HyVee Inc.)
- Night Time Cold & Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg (HyVee Inc.)
- Robitussin Peak Cold Daytime Cold + Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg (Richmond Division of Wyeth)
- Robitussin Peak Cold Nighttime Cold + Flu acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg (Richmond Division of Wyeth)
- Simethicone 125 mg (Softech Pharma Pvt. Ltd.)
