Generic name: doxepin hydrochloride
Dosage form: cream
Drug class:Topical antihistamines
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Doxepin Hydrochloride Cream, 5%
FOR TOPICAL DERMATOLOGIC USE ONLY — NOT FOR OPHTHALMIC, ORAL, OR INTRAVAGINAL USE.
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Doxepin Cream Description
Doxepin Hydrochloride Cream, 5% is a topical cream. Each gram contains: 50 mg of doxepin hydrochloride (equivalent to 44.3 mg of doxepin).
Doxepin hydrochloride, USP is one of a class of agents known as dibenzoxepin tricyclic antidepressant compounds. It is an isomeric mixture of N,N-dimethyldibenz[b,e]oxepin-Δ11(6H),γ-propylamine hydrochloride. Doxepin hydrochloride has a molecular formula of C19H21NO•HCl and a molecular weight of 316.
Doxepin Hydrochloride Cream, 5% also contains sorbitol, cetyl alcohol, isopropyl myristate, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, petrolatum, benzyl alcohol, titanium dioxide and purified water.