Source: FDA, National Drug Code (US) Revision Year: 2019
The topical corticosteroids constitute a class of primarily synthetic steroids used as anti-inflammatory and antipruritic agents. The steroids in this class include halcinonide. Halcinonide is designated chemically as 21-Chloro-9-fluoro-11β, 16α, 17-trihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione cyclic 16,17-acetal with acetone.
Graphic formula:
C24H32ClFO5, MW 454.96, CAS-3093-35-4
Each gram of 0.1% HALOG OINTMENT (Halcinonide Ointment, USP) contains 1 mg halcinonide in Plastibase (Plasticized Hydrocarbon Gel), a mineral oil and polyethylene gel base, polyethylene glycol 300, polyethylene glycol 400, polyethylene glycol 1450, and polyethylene glycol 6000 distearate with butylated hydroxytoluene as an antioxidant.
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HALOG OINTMENT (Halcinonide Ointment, USP) 0.1% is translucent white to off-white, smooth, soft homogeneous ointment type material, essentially free of foreign matter and is supplied as:
Manufactured by: DPT Laboratories Inc., San Antonio, TX 78215 Distributed by: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512 |
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