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Excipients in pharmaceutical products
7th December 2023
Medicines contain active ingredients to treat or cure a disorder. They also contain other ingredients. These are called excipients and are used for a variety of different reasons from improving the taste and texture to helping them dissolve better, work better and last longer as well as making them easier to handle.
Excipients are reviewed by healthcare regulatory agencies to ensure they are generally safe for use in human medicine; however, some patients may want to avoid certain excipients for a variety of reasons
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