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
Top Medications with this excipient
- Chlordiazepoxide Hydrochloride 10 mg (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 10 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 5 mg (KVK Tech, Inc.)
- Dificid 200 mg (Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
- Folcal DHA prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1.25 mg and docusate sodium 55 mg (Midlothian Laboratories LLC)
- Folcaps Care One 20-7-1 mg (Midlothian Laboratories LLC)
- Hydrochlorothiazide and Quinapril Hydrochloride 12.5 mg / 20 mg (Novel Laboratories, Inc.)
- Natelle One Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg (Azur Pharma Inc)
- Natelle One DHA Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg (Azur Pharma Inc)
- PreferaOB ONE prenatal/postnatal multivitamins and minerals (Alaven Pharmaceutical LLC)
- Retrovir 100 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Rythmol SR 225 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Rythmol SR 425 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Rythmol SR 325 mg (GlaxoSmithKline)
- Tetracycline Hydrochloride 500 mg (Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
- TriCare DHA One prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1 mg and docusate sodium 25 mg (Medecor Pharma)
- TriCare DHA One prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1 mg and docusate sodium 25 mg (Medecor Pharma)
- Trimethobenzamide Hydrochloride 300 mg (Gavis Pharmaceuticals)
- VP-CH-PNV Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg and Docusate (Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC)
- VP-Heme One Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg (Virtus Pharmaceuticals LLC)
