What's in Colace
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Atlantis Consumer Healthcare, Inc., which lists 20 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 9 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 9. 11 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- DocusateC20H37NaO7S
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Stool softener (on the label as docusate sodium) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 2,640 mg/kg (mouse, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 8
- Dicalcium phosphateCaHO4P
Inactive ingredient (on the label as anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate) from source
- Brilliant blue FCFC37H34N2Na2O9S3
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C blue No. 1) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 2,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Allura Red ACC18H14N2Na2O8S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C red No. 40) from source
- Sunset yellow FCFC16H10N2Na2O7S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C yellow No. 6) from source
- Magnesium stearateC36H70MgO4
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Irritant from source
- Sodium benzoateC7H5NaO2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,450 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Sodium lauryl sulfateC12H25NaO4S
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 1,288 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Stearic acidC18H36O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 21.5 mg/kg (rat, iv) from source
Colace also lists sennosides as an active ingredient; it is not yet in MoleculeFinder.
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