Pharmacology of Triamcinolone Acetonide Medicine

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Pharmacology of Triamcinolone Acetonide Medicine

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Write an analysis paper on Pharmacology of Triamcinolone Acetonide Medicine

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This is the brand name used by Crown Laboratories Inc. The generic name Triamcinolone Acetonide is written on the packaging pack with the formulation percentages ranging from 0.025%, 0.1% and 0.5%. The company has formulated and designed the TAC as a chemical pregna-1, 4-diene-3, 20-diene, 9-fluoro-11, 21-dihydroxy-16, 17-{(1-methylethylidene)bis-(oxy)}-(11β, 16α)- which has an empirical formula C24H31FO6 that contains a molecular weight 434.50 (Crown Laboratories).

For this brand, each gram 0.025% contains 0.25 mg triamcinolone acetonide in cream base constituting emulsifying wax, mineral oil, propylene glycol, cetyl palmitate, sorbic acid, purified water and potassium sorbate. While each gram of the same medicine consisting of 0.1% and 0.5% contains 1 mg and 5 mg respectively both constituting the above mentioned chemical components.

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