Soya Lecithin
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Lecithin is a naturally occurring substance found in beef liver, steak, eggs, peanuts, cauliflower, and oranges. Commercial lecithin products usually come from soybeans or eggs. Lecithin is used to stabilize emulsions. Lecithin is present in all living cells and is a significant constituent of nerve and brain cells. Commercial lecithin primarily comes from soybean oil. The FDA considers soya lecithin as generally regarded as safe as a food product when consumed in normal amounts. Soya lecithin use in asthma inhalers has been implicated in causing seconday bronchospasms in children.[1][2]
[1] Drugs.com. Soya lecithin. Accessed February 16, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/mtm/soya-lecithin.html
[2] Inactive Ingredients in Pharmaceutical Products: Update. Committee on Drugs Pediatrics 1997;99;268
Further information
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Top Medications with this excipient
- Acetaminophen and Chlorpheniramine Maleate 325 mg / 2 mg
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- Antara 43 mg
- Azithromycin Monohydrate 250 mg
- Chlordiazepoxide Hydrochloride 10 mg
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- Dipyridamole 25 mg
- Donepezil Hydrochloride 5 mg
- Hydrochlorothiazide and Quinapril Hydrochloride 12.5 mg / 10 mg
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- Natelle One DHA Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg
- Potiga 400 mg
- Potiga 200 mg
- PreferaOB ONE prenatal/postnatal multivitamins and minerals
- Quinapril Hydrochloride 20 mg
- Selzentry 150 mg
- Tri-Linyah ethinyl estradiol 0.035 mg / norgestimate 0.18 mg
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