Yellow Wax
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Yellow wax is a sticky yellowish moldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of honeycomb; also known as beeswax. Most waxes used in the pharmaceutical industry are used for tablet coatings and binding. Wax is also used in preparing ointments, cerates, plasters, and suppositories. Other types of wax include white wax and wax absolute.[1]
[1] Wolfmeier, U., Schmidt, H., Heinrichs, F.L., et al. 2000. Waxes. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.
Top Medications with this excipient
- Amnesteem 10 mg (Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
- Amnesteem 20 mg (Mylan 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)
- Folivane-PRx DHA NF Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1.24 mg and Docusate (Trigen Laboratories, Inc.)
- Myorisan 20 mg (VersaPharm Incorporated)
- 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)
- Prenaissance Plus prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1 mg and docusate (Acella Pharmaceuticals LLC)
- Relnate DHA prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1 mg (Burel Pharmaceuticals)
- Taron-PRX Plus DHA Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1.24 mg and Docusate (Trigen Laboratories 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)
- Triveen-PRx RNF Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1.2 mg and Docusate (TRIGEN LABORATORIES)
- UltimateCare One NF Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg and Docusate (Trigen Laboratories Inc)
- Vemavite PRX 2 prenatal multivitamins with folic acid 1.25 mg and docusate sodium 55 mg (Trigen Laboratories Inc)
- 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)
- Zatean-CH Prenatal Multivitamins with Folic Acid 1 mg and Docusate (Trigen Laboratories Inc)
