Sodium Hydroxide
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on May 8, 2023.
Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is also known as white caustic, caustic soda or lye. It is a very strong chemical and is found in many industrial solvents and cleaners, including flooring stripping products, brick cleaners, cements, and many others. Industrially, sodium hydroxide may be used in processes to make products including plastics, soaps rayon and textiles. It is also used as a pH buffer.
List of medications using Sodium Hydroxide
- Aciphex 20 mg
- Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Formula acetaminophen 325 mg / chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg / dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10 mg / phenylephrine hydrochloride 5 mg
- Arthrotec 50 mg / 200 mcg
- Arthrotec 75 mg / 200 mcg
- Aspir-Low aspirin 81 mg
- Celecoxib 100 mg
- Celecoxib 200 mg
- Diclofenac Sodium and Misoprostol Delayed-Release 50 mg / 200 mcg
- Methotrexate Sodium 2.5 mg
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 30 mg
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 20 mg
- Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release 10 mg
- Nitrofurantoin (Monohydrate/Macrocrystals) 100 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 20 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 40 mg
- Risperdal M-Tab 4 mg
- Telmisartan 40 mg
- Telmisartan 80 mg
- Telmisartan 40 mg
- Zyrtec Liquid Gels 10mg
References
- EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetic Database. Accessed March 3, 2015 at http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredient/706075/SODIUM_HYDROXIDE/
Further information
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