Tiagabinedrug info
tiagabine hydrochloride 2 MG Oral Tablet
What it is used for
Tiagabine hydrochloride tablet is indicated as adjunctive therapy in adults and children 12 years and older in the treatment of partial seizures.
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective March 1, 2021. 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
Tiagabine hydrochloride USP is an antiepilepsy drug available as 2 mg, 4 mg, 12 mg, and 16 mg tablets for oral administration. Its chemical name is (-)-(R)-1-[4,4-Bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3 butenyl]nipecotic acid hydrochloride, its molecular formula is C 20 H 25 NO 2 S 2 HCl, and its molecular weight is 412.01. Tiagabine HCl, USP is a white to off-white powder. It is freely soluble in methanol and in alcohol, soluble in 5% Water in isopropanol, very slightly soluble in chloroform, sparingly soluble in water and practically insoluble in n-Heptane.
The structural formula is: Inactive Ingredients Tiagabine hydrochloride tablets contain the following inactive ingredients: Butylated hydroxyanisole, colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed oil), hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, lactose anhydrous, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized starch, stearic acid and titanium dioxide. In addition, individual tablets contain: 2 mg tablets: FD&C yellow No. 6 aluminum lake 4 mg tablets: D&C yellow No. 10 aluminum lake 12 mg tablets: D&C yellow No. 10 aluminum lake and FD&C Blue No. 1 aluminum lake 16 mg tablets: FD&C blue No. 2 aluminum lake tia-str
Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective March 1, 2021. 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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