Budesonidedrug info
14 ACTUAT budesonide 2 MG/ACTUAT Rectal Foam
What it is used for
UCERIS rectal foam is indicated for the induction of remission in patients with active mild to moderate distal ulcerative colitis extending up to 40 cm from the anal verge. UCERIS rectal foam is a glucocorticosteroid indicated for the induction of remission in patients with active mild to moderate distal ulcerative colitis extending up to 40 cm from the anal verge.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 23, 2020. 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
UCERIS rectal foam contains budesonide, a non-halogenated synthetic glucocorticoid, as the active ingredient. It is a mixture of the 2 epimers (22R and 22S) differing in the position of an acetal chain. Both epimers are active glucocorticoids applied in a mixture of approximately 1:1. Budesonide is designated chemically as (RS)-11β, 16α, 17,21 tetrahydroxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione cyclic 16,17-acetal with butyraldehyde. The empirical formula of budesonide is C 25 H 34 O 6 and its molecular weight is 430.5.
Its structural formula is: UCERIS rectal foam contains 2 mg budesonide per metered dose.
Inactive ingredients: cetyl alcohol, citric acid monohydrate, edetate disodium, emulsifying wax, polyoxyl stearyl ether, propylene glycol, and purified water.
Propellant: n-butane, isobutane, and propane. formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 23, 2020. 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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