Memantinedrug info
memantine hydrochloride 10 MG Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Memantine hydrochloride tablets are indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Memantine hydrochloride tablets are an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer’s type.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 17, 2023. 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
Memantine hydrochloride, USP is an orally active NMDA receptor antagonist. The chemical name for memantine hydrochloride, USP is 1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantane hydrochloride with the following structural formula: The molecular formula is C 12 H 21 N
HCl and the molecular weight is 215.76. Memantine hydrochloride, USP occurs as a fine white to off-white powder and is soluble in water. Memantine hydrochloride, USP is available for oral administration as oblong, film-coated tablets containing either 5 mg or 10 mg of memantine hydrochloride, USP. The tablets also contain the following inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and talc. In addition the following inactive ingredients are also present as components of the film coat: D&C Yellow #10, FD&C Blue #2, FD&C Yellow #6, macrogol, polyvinyl alcohol, talc, and titanium dioxide (5 mg tablets), and iron oxide black, iron oxide yellow, macrogol, polyvinyl alcohol, talc and titanium dioxide (10 mg tablets). 1
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 17, 2023. 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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