When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. The truth about the 'inactive ingredients' in your medications

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/2019-04-04-the-truth-about...

    To arrive at their findings, researchers searched a database of about 42,000 recipes for oral medications in the U.S. and found that close to 93 percent contained at least one of 38 inactive ...

  3. Pharmaceutical code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_code

    Pharmaceutical codes are used in medical classification to uniquely identify medication. They may uniquely identify an active ingredient, drug system (including inactive ingredients and time-release agents) in general, or a specific pharmaceutical product from a specific manufacturer.

  4. DailyMed - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DailyMed

    DailyMed is a website operated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) to publish up-to-date and accurate drug labels (also called a "package insert") to health care providers and the general public. The contents of DailyMed is provided and updated daily by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA in turn collects this ...

  5. Polyvinylpyrrolidone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinylpyrrolidone

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved this chemical for many uses, [24] and it is generally recognized as safe . PVP is included in the Inactive Ingredient Database for use in oral, topical, and injectable formulations.

  6. These Cold & Flu Medicines Contain an Ingredient the FDA ...

    www.aol.com/cold-flu-medicines-contain...

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plans to ban products containing phenylephrine, an ingredient found in many over-the-counter (OTC) oral cold and flu medications. The ...

  7. List of withdrawn drugs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_withdrawn_drugs

    An ingredient in "A.P.C." tablet; withdrawn because of risk of cancer and kidney disease [42] Germany Denmark, UK, US, others Reason: nephropathy. [3] Phenformin and Buformin: 1977 France, Germany US Severe lactic acidosis [3] Phenolphthalein: 1997 US Possible carcinogen. [43] Phenoxypropazine: 1966 UK Hepatotoxicity, drug intereaction. [3 ...

  8. Medication package insert - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication_package_insert

    The list of 1997 drug labelling changes can be found on the FDA's website, here. The first patient package insert required by the FDA was in 1968, mandating that isoproterenol inhalation medication must contain a short warning that excessive use could cause breathing difficulties.

  9. Animal products in pharmaceuticals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_products_in...

    Nearly 63% of the people wanted their physicians, and 35% of the people wanted other healthcare providers (pharmacists, nurses), to notify them when using such medications. [9] Alternatives exist for many animal-derived ingredients, and healthcare providers are increasingly incorporating awareness around animal-free drugs in their medical practice.