Dosage form: injection, solution
Drug class:Vitamins
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Thiamine Hydrochloride Injection Description
Thiamine Hydrochloride Injection, USP is a sterile, clear and colorless to pale yellow color solution of thiamine hydrochloride in Water for Injection for intramuscular (IM) or slow intravenous (IV) administration.
Each mL contains: Thiamine hydrochloride USP 100 mg; monothioglycerol 0.5%; water for injection q.s. Sodium hydroxide may have been added for pH adjustment (2.5 to 4.5).
Thiamine hydrochloride USP, or vitamin B1, occurs as white crystals or crystalline powder that usually has a slight characteristic odor. Freely soluble in water; soluble in glycerin; slightly soluble in alcohol; insoluble in ether and benzene. Thiamine is rapidly destroyed in neutral or alkaline solutions but is stable in the dry state. It is reasonably stable to heat in acid solution.
The chemical name of thiamine hydrochloride is thiazolium,3-[(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl]-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methylchloride, monohydrochloride and it has the following structural formula:
Thiamine Hydrochloride Injection - Clinical Pharmacology
The water soluble vitamins are widely distributed in both plants and animals. They a
