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==Description== | |||
RIFAMATE is a combination capsule containing 300 mg rifampin and 150 mg isoniazid. The capsules also contain as inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, gelatin, magnesium stearate, sodium starch glycolate, and titanium dioxide. | |||
Rifampin is a semisynthetic antibiotic derivative of rifamycin B. The chemical name for rifampin is 3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyliminomethyl) rifamycin SV. | |||
<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = RIFAMATE (RIFAMPIN AND ISONIAZID) CAPSULE [SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=3cc36609-8e2d-4caa-a8e0-c0367e3e52df | publisher = | date = | accessdate }}</ref> | Isoniazid is the hydrazide of isonicotinic acid. It exists as colorless or white crystals or as a white, crystalline powder that is water soluble, odorless, and slowly affected by exposure to air and light.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = RIFAMATE (RIFAMPIN AND ISONIAZID) CAPSULE [SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=3cc36609-8e2d-4caa-a8e0-c0367e3e52df | publisher = | date = | accessdate }}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:44, 5 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chetan Lokhande, M.B.B.S [2]
Description
RIFAMATE is a combination capsule containing 300 mg rifampin and 150 mg isoniazid. The capsules also contain as inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, gelatin, magnesium stearate, sodium starch glycolate, and titanium dioxide.
Rifampin is a semisynthetic antibiotic derivative of rifamycin B. The chemical name for rifampin is 3-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyliminomethyl) rifamycin SV.
Isoniazid is the hydrazide of isonicotinic acid. It exists as colorless or white crystals or as a white, crystalline powder that is water soluble, odorless, and slowly affected by exposure to air and light.[1]
References
- ↑ "RIFAMATE (RIFAMPIN AND ISONIAZID) CAPSULE [SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC]". Text " accessdate " ignored (help)
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.