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Phenobarbital Sodium for Injection
» Phenobarbital Sodium for Injection is Phenobarbital Sodium suitable for parenteral use.
Packaging and storage— Preserve in Containers for Sterile Solids as described under Injections 1.
Constituted solution— At the time of use, it meets the requirements for Constituted Solutions under Injections 1.
Bacterial endotoxins 85 It contains not more than 0.8 USP Endotoxin Unit per mg of phenobarbital sodium.
Residual solvents 467: meets the requirements.
(Official January 1, 2007)
Other requirements— It conforms to the Definition, responds to the Identification tests, and meets the requirements for Completeness of solution, pH, Loss on drying, Heavy metals, and Assay under Phenobarbital Sodium. It meets also the requirements for Sterility Tests 71, Uniformity of Dosage Units 905, and Labeling under Injections 1.
Auxiliary Information— Staff Liaison : Ravi Ravichandran, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
Expert Committee : (MDPP05) Monograph Development-Psychiatrics and Psychoactives
USP29–NF24 Page 1702
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