What's in Pepto-Bismol
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, which lists 12 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 7 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 19. 4 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- Bismuth subsalicylateC7H6BiO4
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Upset stomach reliever and antidiarrheal from source
Inactive ingredients 6
- Benzoic acidC7H6O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 1,940 mg/kg (mouse, oral) from source
- SucraloseC12H19Cl3O8
Inactive ingredient from source
- Salicylic acidC7H6O3
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 891 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Sorbic acidC6H8O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 10,500 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- WaterH2O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) from source
- Methyl celluloseC20H38O11
Inactive ingredient (on the label as methylcellulose, unspecified) from source
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