What's in Tums
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Haleon US Holdings LLC, which lists 11 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 6 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 12. 5 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- Calcium carbonateCCaO3
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Antacid from source
As a pure substance: LD50 6,450 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 5
- 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
- TartrazineC16H9N4Na3O9S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C yellow No. 5) from source
- Sunset yellow FCFC16H10N2Na2O7S2
Inactive ingredient (on the label as FD&C yellow No. 6) from source
- SucroseC12H22O11
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 29,700 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
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