BUTALBITAL, ACETAMINOPHEN AND CAFFEINE tablet

Država: Sjedinjene Američke Države

Jezik: engleski

Izvor: NLM (National Library of Medicine)

Aktivni sastojci:

BUTALBITAL (UNII: KHS0AZ4JVK) (BUTALBITAL - UNII:KHS0AZ4JVK)

Dostupno od:

REMEDYREPACK INC.

INN (International ime):

BUTALBITAL

Sastav:

BUTALBITAL 50 mg

Tip recepta:

PRESCRIPTION DRUG

Status autorizacije:

Abbreviated New Drug Application

Svojstava lijeka

BUTALBITAL, ACETAMINOPHEN AND CAFFEINE- BUTALBITAL, ACETAMINOPHEN AND
CAFFEINE TABLET
REMEDYREPACK INC.
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WARNING
HEPATOTOXICITY
ACETAMINOPHEN HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CASES OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE,
AT TIMES RESULTING IN LIVER TRANSPLANT AND DEATH. MOST OF THE CASES
OF LIVER INJURY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF ACETAMINOPHEN AT
DOSES THAT EXCEED 4000 MILLIGRAMS PER DAY, AND OFTEN INVOLVE MORE
THAN ONE ACETAMINOPHEN-CONTAINING PRODUCT.
DESCRIPTION
Butalbital, acetaminophen and caffeine are supplied in tablet form for
oral administration.
Each tablet contains the following active ingredients:
Butalbital ...................50 mg
WARNING: May be habit-forming.
Acetaminophen ........325 mg
Caffeine ......................40 mg
In addition, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients:
colloidal silicon dioxide,
croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone, microcrystalline cellulose,
povidone, pregelatinized corn starch
and stearic acid.
Butalbital (5-allyl-5-isobutylbarbituric acid), is a short to
intermediate acting barbiturate. It has the
following structural formula:
Acetaminophen (4'-hydroxyacetanilide), is a non-opiate, non-salicylate
analgesic and antipyretic. It has
the following structural formula:
Caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine), is a central nervous system
stimulant. It has the following structural
formula:
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
This combination drug product is intended as a treatment for tension
headache.
It consists of a fixed combination of butalbital, acetaminophen and
caffeine. The role each component
plays in the relief of the complex of symptoms known as tension
headache is incompletely understood.
PHARMACOKINETICS
The behavior of the individual components is described below.
Butalbital: Butalbital is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal
tract and is expected to distribute to most
tissues in the body. Barbiturates in general may appear in breast milk
and readily cross the placental
barrier. They are bound to plasma and tissue proteins to a varying
degree and binding increases directly