Tafluprostdrug info
tafluprost 0.015 MG/ML Ophthalmic Solution
What it is used for
Tafluprost ophthalmic solution, 0.0015% is indicated for reducing elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Tafluprost ophthalmic solution, 0.0015% is a prostaglandin analog indicated for reducing elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 4, 2024. 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
Tafluprost is a fluorinated analog of prostaglandin F2α. The chemical name for tafluprost is Propan-2-yl (5 Z )-7-{(1 R,2 R,3 R,5 S )-2-[(1 E )-3,3 difluoro-4-phenoxybut-1-enyl]-3,5-dihydroxycyclopentyl}hept-5-enoate. The molecular formula of tafluprost is C 25 H 34 F 2 O 5 and its molecular weight is 452.5.
Its structural formula is: Tafluprost is a colorless to yellowish hygroscopic oil that is very soluble in acetone, acetonitrile, dichloromethane, diethylether, ethanol, methanol and tert -butyl(methyl)ether and practically insoluble in n -heptane and water. Tafluprost ophthalmic solution, 0.0015% is supplied as a sterile solution of tafluprost with a pH range of 5.5 to 6.7 and an Osmolality range of 260 to 300 mOsmol/kg. Tafluprost ophthalmic solution contains Active: tafluprost 0.015 mg/mL;
Inactives: glycerin, monobasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, edetate disodium dihydrate, polysorbate 80, hydrochloric acid and/or sodium hydroxide (to adjust pH) and Water for Injection. Tafluprost ophthalmic solution does not contain a preservative. Image
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective December 4, 2024. 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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