Sodium Stearyl Fumarate
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Excipient (pharmacologically inactive substance)
What is it?
Sodium stearyl fumarate is a water-soluble lubricant used in the pharmaceutical industry for compressing tablets ("tableting"). Sodium stearyl fumarate is an inert, hydrophilic, tablet lubricant, useful in situations where other lubricating agents (i.e., magnesium stearate) fail to provide tablets of adequate stability, hardness, content uniformity, disintegration and dissolution rate.[1][2]
List of medications using Sodium Stearyl Fumarate
- Almotriptan Malate 12.5 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 40 mg
- Buprenorphine Hydrochloride and Naloxone Hydrochloride (Sublingual) 8 mg (base) / 2 mg (base)
- Celecoxib 100 mg
- Celecoxib 200 mg
- Januvia 50 mg
- Januvia 100 mg
- Metaxalone 800 mg
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 100 mg
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 25 mg
- Metoprolol Succinate Extended-Release 50 mg
- Omeprazole Delayed Release 20 mg
- Omeprazole Delayed Release 20 mg
- Ondansetron Hydrochloride (Orally Disintegrating) 4 mg
- Ondansetron Hydrochloride (Orally Disintegrating) 8 mg
- Pantoprazole Sodium Delayed-Release 20 mg
- Sevelamer Carbonate 800 mg
- Sildenafil Citrate 20 mg (base)
- Sildenafil Citrate 100 mg
- Sildenafil Citrate 50 mg
References
- American International Chemical. Specification Sheet. Sodium stearyl fumarate. Accessed March 31, 2012 http://www.aicma.com/products/Sodium%20Stearyl%20Fumarate%20USP%20NF%20JP%20PH%20EUR%20SSFMIP.pdf
- Schindler B, Zeleznik J., Renak J. Sodium Stearyl Fumarate: An Effective Tablet Lubricant To Avoid Slippery Situations. JRS Pharma. Quality Control and Research and Development. Accessed March 31, 2012 http://www.aapsj.org/abstracts/AM_2005/AAPS2005-001769.pdf
Further information
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