Soya Lecithin
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 3, 2025.
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]
Some examples of medications containing Soya Lecithin
- Advil Liqui-Gels 200 mg
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 20 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 10 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 40 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 80 mg
- Azithromycin Monohydrate 250 mg
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 5 mg
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Famotidine 40 mg
- Famotidine 20 mg
- Ibuprofen 200 mg
- Ibuprofen 600 mg
- Ibuprofen 600 mg
- Ibuprofen 800 mg
- Ibuprofen 800 mg
- Nifedipine Extended-Release 30 mg
- Oxcarbazepine 300 mg
- Ropinirole Hydrochloride 0.25 mg
- Toviaz 8 mg
References
- Drugs.com. Soya lecithin. Accessed February 16, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/mtm/soya-lecithin.html
- Inactive Ingredients in Pharmaceutical Products: Update. Committee on Drugs Pediatrics 1997;99;268
Further information
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