An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
Any more or less inert substance added to a drug to give suitable consistency or form to the drug RT vehicle
Any component other than the active substance(s) that is intentionally added to the formulation of a dosage form; "added substance". The term includes binders, fillers, disintegrants, and lubricants.
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An inactive ingredient added to a drug (ie, in pill form) to dilute it or to give it form or consistency.
an inactive ingredient used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products
a substance onto which liquefied extract is sprayed
a substance that is added to provide physical form to the product, make it less irritating to the eye, or to preserve the ingredients within the product
a substance used as a "filling agent" in a medication
any material that is intentionally incorporated into a medicine, other than an active ingredient
any inert substance used as a dilutant or vehicle for a drug.
An ingredient contained in a drug formulation that is not a medicinally active constituent.
A relatively inert substance, such as a syrup, that is added to a drug to make it easier to ship, store, or administer.
The filler portion of the final drug product, often an inert substance so as not to interact with the API
an inactive ingredient (there are no absolutely inert excipients) added to a drug to give it a pill form or otherwise aid in delivery.
For clinical tests, the excipient is defined as the total product minus its active ingredients.
A term used in pharmaceutical technology to denote the pharmaceutically inactive matrix material used to guarantee good tablet formation, integrity, and strength. A variety of Cerestar products are used as tabletting excipients ranging from corn starch to dextrose and sorbitol. Factors influencing excipient choice are compressibility, compacting behaviour, tablet strength, resistance to breakage during handling and transport, disintegration properties, taste, and cost.
Any substances other than the active pharmaceutical ingredient (drug) and packaging materials, which have been appropriately evaluated for safety and are included in a drug delivery system
Any intended formulation component other than the drug substance.
An inert substance used as a medium in pills and capsules that forms a vehicle for delivery of a drug or dietary supplement.
An inert substance that forms a vehicle (as for a drug or antigen); one that in the presence of insufficient liquid gives a medical mixture the adhesive quality need for the preparation of pills or tablets.
This is the title of a substance, itself inactive, used in supplement capsules and pills to deliver other active ingredients.
An excipient is an inactive substance used as a carrier for the active ingredients of a medication. In addition excipients can be used to aid the process by which a product is manufactured. In general, the active substances (such as aspirin) may not be easily administered and absorbed by the human body; they need to be put in some appropriate form.