Critical excipients

Question 1

What are the name of the Critical Excipients? (5)

Answer 1

Ethanol
Propylene Glycol 
Parabens
Benzyl alcohol/Benzoates
Sugar/sweeteners

Question 2

What is alcohol most commonly used as?

Answer 2

A solvent

‘bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal’.

Question 3

What are the risks of Ethanol?

Answer 3

Risk of acute toxication
Children under 6= more vulnerable
Drowsiness, behavioural changes

Question 4

What is the calculation to work out the blood alcohol concentration?

Answer 4

Vol of medicine x % alcohol in medicine x 0.79

0.6 x weight of patient kg