Memantinedrug info
memantine hydrochloride 5 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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