Soya Lecithin
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 3, 2024.
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]
List of medications using Soya Lecithin
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 25 mg
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 50 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 80 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 40 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 20 mg
- Atorvastatin Calcium 10 mg
- Azithromycin Monohydrate 250 mg
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 10 mg
- Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride 5 mg
- Famotidine 20 mg
- Ibuprofen 200 mg
- Mucinex Fast-Max Night Time Cold & Flu Liquid Gels acetaminophen 325 mg / dextromethorphan HBr 10 mg / doxylamine succinate 6.25 mg / phenylephrine HCl 5 mg
- Nifedipine Extended-Release 30 mg
- Oxcarbazepine 300 mg
- Oxcarbazepine 150 mg
- Progesterone 200 mg
- Progesterone 100 mg
- Ropinirole Hydrochloride 0.25 mg
- Toviaz 8 mg
References
- Drugs.com. Soya lecithin. Accessed February 16, 2015 at http://www.drugs.com/mtm/soya-lecithin.html
- Inactive Ingredients in Pharmaceutical Products: Update. Committee on Drugs Pediatrics 1997;99;268
Further information
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