Budesonidedrug info
budesonide 3 MG Delayed Release Oral Capsule
What it is used for
Budesonide delayed-release capsules are a corticosteroid indicated for: Treatment of mild to moderate active Crohn’s disease involving the ileum and/or the ascending colon, in patients 8 years and older. Maintenance of clinical remission of mild to moderate Crohn’s disease involving the ileum and/or the ascending colon for up to 3 months in adults.
1.1 Treatment of
Mild to Moderate Active Crohn’s Disease Budesonide delayed-release capsules are indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate active Crohn’s disease involving the ileum and/or the ascending colon in patients 8 years of age and older.
1.2 Maintenance of
Clinical Remission of Mild to Moderate Crohn’s Disease Budesonide delayed-release capsules are indicated for the maintenance of clinical remission of mild to moderate Crohn’s disease involving the ileum and/or the ascending colon for up to 3 months in adults.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective June 19, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
Description
Budesonide USP, the active ingredient of budesonide delayed-release capsules, is a synthetic corticosteroid. Budesonide, USP is designated chemically as (RS)-11β, 16α, 17,21-tetrahydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione cyclic 16,17-acetal with butyraldehyde. Budesonide, USP is provided as a mixture of two epimers (22R and 22S). The molecular formula of budesonide, USP is C 25 H 34 O 6 and its molecular weight is 430.5 g/mol.
Its structural formula is: Budesonide, USP is a white to off-white crystalline powder that is practically insoluble in water, sparingly soluble in alcohol, and freely soluble in methylene chloride. Its partition coefficient between octanol and water at pH 5 is 1.6 x 10 3 ionic strength 0.01. Each delayed-release capsule for oral administration contains 3 mg of micronized budesonide, USP with the following inactive ingredients: cetyl alcohol, corn starch, ethyl cellulose, hypromellose, macrogol, methacrylic acid copolymer type C, sodium lauryl sulfate, sugar, talc and triethyl citrate. The capsule shells have the following inactive ingredients: D&C yellow #10, FD&C blue #1, FD&C red #40, FD&C yellow #6, gelatin and titanium dioxide. The monogramming ink has the following inactive ingredients: D&C yellow #10, ethanol, FD&C blue #1, FD&C blue #2, FD&C red #40, iron oxide black, methanol, N-butyl alcohol, propylene glycol and shellac. 1
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective June 19, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.
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