Clindamycindrug info
clindamycin 10 MG/ML Topical Foam
What it is used for
Clindamycin phosphate foam is indicated for topical application in the treatment of acne vulgaris in patients 12 years and older. Clindamycin phosphate foam is a lincosamide product indicated for acne vulgaris in patients 12 years and older.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 6, 2022. 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
Clindamycin phosphate foam contains clindamycin (1%) as clindamycin phosphate. Clindamycin phosphate is a water-soluble ester of the semi-synthetic antibiotic produced by a 7(S)-chloro-substitution of the 7(R)-hydroxyl group of the parent antibiotic, lincomycin. The chemical name for clindamycin phosphate is methyl 7-chloro-6,7,8-trideoxy-6-(1-methyl- trans -4-propyl-L-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamido)-1-thio-L- threo -α-D- galacto - octopyranoside 2-(dihydrogen phosphate). The structural formula for clindamycin phosphate is represented below: Molecular Formula: C 18 H 34 CIN 2 O 8 PS Molecular Weight: 504.97 g/mol Clindamycin phosphate foam contains clindamycin (1%) as clindamycin phosphate, USP at a concentration equivalent to 10 mg clindamycin per gram in a thermolabile hydroethanolic foam vehicle consisting of cetyl alcohol, ethanol (58%), polysorbate 60, propylene glycol, purified water, and stearyl alcohol pressurized with a hydrocarbon (propane/butane) propellant. clindamycin phosphate structural formula
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective April 6, 2022. 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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