Packaging and storage—
Preserve in tight containers,and avoid freezing.
Identification—
A:
The addition of 3Nhydrochloric acid to a quantity of Oral Suspension,equivalent to about 500mg of calcium carbonate,produces effervescence,and the resulting solution,after having been filtered,responds to the tests for Calcium á191ñ.
B:
Heat a quantity of Oral Suspension,equivalent to about 800mg of magnesium carbonate,with 20mLof 1Nsulfuric acid.Cool,add 20mLof alcohol,mix,and allow to stand for 30minutes.Filter this solution,and add 2mLof 1Nhydrochloric acid to the filtrate:this solution responds to the tests for Magnesium á191ñ.
Microbial limits á61ñ—
Its total aerobic microbial count does not exceed 100cfu per mL,and it meets the requirements of the tests for absence of
Escherichia coliand
Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Acid-neutralizing capacity á301ñ—
Not less than 5mEq of acid is consumed by the minimum single dose recommended in the labeling,and not less than the number of mEq calculated by the formula:
0.8(0.024M)+0.9(0.02C),
in which 0.024and 0.02are the theoretical acid-neutralizing capacities,in mEq,of MgCO
3and CaCO
3,respectively,and
Mand
Care the respective quantities,in mg,of MgCO
3and CaCO
3in the specimen tested based on the labeled quantities.
Assay for calcium carbonate—
Transfer an accurately measured quantity of Oral Suspension,previously well shaken in its original container and free of air bubbles,equivalent to about 400mg of calcium carbonate,to a beaker,with the aid of 20mLof water,and add 10mLof 1Nhydrochloric acid.Heat on a steam bath for 30minutes,allow to cool,transfer with the aid of water to a 100-mLvolumetric flask,dilute with water to volume,mix,and filter.Transfer 20.0mLof the filtrate to a suitable container,dilute with water to 100mL,add 15mLof 1Nsodium hydroxide,5mLof triethanolamine,and 100mg of hydroxynaphthol blue trituration,and titrate with 0.05Medetate disodium VSuntil the solution is deep blue.Each mLof 0.05Medetate disodium is equivalent to 5.004mg of CaCO3.
Assay for magnesium carbonate—
Transfer an accurately measured portion of the filtrate remaining from the
Assay for calcium carbonate,equivalent to about 120mg of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate combined,to a suitable container,dilute with water to 100mL,add 10mLof ammonia-ammonium chloride buffer TS,5mLof triethanolamine,and 0.3mLof eriochrome black TS,and titrate with 0.05
Medetate disodium VSto a blue endpoint.From the volume of 0.05
Medetate disodium consumed,subtract the volume of 0.05
Medetate disodium corresponding to the content of calcium carbonate in the volume of the filtrate taken for the
Assay for calcium carbonate.The difference is the volume of 0.05
Medetate disodium equivalent to the amount of magnesium carbonate present.Each mLof 0.05
Medetate disodium is equivalent to 4.216mg of MgCO
3.