Error in pharmaceutical compounding of alprazolam capsules
The increase of pharmaceutical drugs formulations consumption by Brazilian population demanded a greater action from the official laboratory to verify the conformity of these products, as the majority of them are composed by anxiolytics. This study reports a serious manipulation error in preparing a...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Instituto Adolfo Lutz |
| Repository: | Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/32812 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/32812 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | alprazolam benzodiazepine pharmaceutical compounded preparation benzodiazepina medicamento manipulado |
| Summary: | The increase of pharmaceutical drugs formulations consumption by Brazilian population demanded a greater action from the official laboratory to verify the conformity of these products, as the majority of them are composed by anxiolytics. This study reports a serious manipulation error in preparing alprazolam capsules formulation, where the chlordiazepoxide was placed instead of alprazolam, being both drugs belonged to therapeutic class of the benzodiazepines. A warning on the importance of manipulation process control of drugs is presented. |
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