Drug and Excipient
Drug is the active ingredient and excipients are inactive ingredients of a formulation.
Excipients could be binders,lubricants,coating,preservatives,sweeteners etc..depending on the nature of drug.
The excipients should not react with the drug ,interaction between drug and excipients might cause loss of drug activity or other unfavorable reactions.
Behind a tablet or capsule strip or on the bottle of a syrup the drug name and its quantity is printed .
The excipients should not react with the drug ,interaction between drug and excipients might cause loss of drug activity or other unfavorable reactions.
Behind a tablet or capsule strip or on the bottle of a syrup the drug name and its quantity is printed .
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