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What Excipients Does the Drug Have?

See the drug's package insert. The excipient information should be found in section: 11: Description

Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients and other Options

The ebook version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients allows only one user at a time. Keep trying! Sorry, 1-user was the only option available    :-(

Note: The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients gives broad information on what excipients do - you have to determine what it does for your particular drug / dosage form! You may find more dosage form specific information from the following ebooks:

  • Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

  • Pharmaceutical Formulation : The Science and Technology of Dosage Forms.

More information on these ebooks is below - keep reading!

Using the E-book version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients

Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients

***The e-book version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is a single-user e-book, so you may find that the book is already "checked out". 

***Please close out of your browser tab as soon as you are finished using the e-book.

If you successfully get into the e-book version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, below are options for navigating within the book:

Option A: When you get into the book, scroll down the page to see the Table of Contents. Excipients are listed in alphabetical order.

Option B

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Print Version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients

The Ebook version of Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients may be busy often! If so, go to FLITE's reference section (First floor, near the Oval Information Desk), and scan for the print version.

Excipient Information Specific to Dosage Forms

Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

When you access this ebook, scroll down so you can see the Table of Contents. The Table of Contents is in alphabetical order. Scroll to the chapters on Excipients and Download the most relevant one for your dosage form.

Screenshot from book's Table of Contents displaying chapters on Excipients

Ebook: Pharmaceutical Formulation : The Science and Technology of Dosage Forms

When you access this ebook, select either PDF Full Text or EPUB Full Text.

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Use the Table of Contents (you default into this) and scroll down to see the various chapters, and select the chapter on your Dosage Form.

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Excipient Information Specific to Individual Drugs

Excipients and Certain Dosage Forms