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<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = FLAGYL (METRONIDAZOLE) CAPSULE [G.D. SEARLE LLC DIVISION OF PFIZER INC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=a2883ca1-5a9a-4259-9d80-46ab67274384 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | FLAGYL (metronidazole) capsules, 375 mg is an oral formulation of the synthetic nitroimidazole antimicrobial agent, 2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-ethanol, which has the following structural formula: | ||
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FLAGYL (metronidazole) capsules, 375 mg, (indicated below as FLAGYL 375 capsules) contain 375 mg of metronidazole USP. Inactive ingredients include corn starch, magnesium stearate, gelatin, black iron oxide, titanium dioxide, FD&C Green No. 3, and D&C Yellow No. 10.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = FLAGYL (METRONIDAZOLE) CAPSULE [G.D. SEARLE LLC DIVISION OF PFIZER INC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=a2883ca1-5a9a-4259-9d80-46ab67274384 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}</ref> | |||
Latest revision as of 00:31, 9 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chetan Lokhande, M.B.B.S [2]
Description
FLAGYL (metronidazole) capsules, 375 mg is an oral formulation of the synthetic nitroimidazole antimicrobial agent, 2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-ethanol, which has the following structural formula:
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FLAGYL (metronidazole) capsules, 375 mg, (indicated below as FLAGYL 375 capsules) contain 375 mg of metronidazole USP. Inactive ingredients include corn starch, magnesium stearate, gelatin, black iron oxide, titanium dioxide, FD&C Green No. 3, and D&C Yellow No. 10.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.