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Each single-dose unit of 2ml contains: 0.5mg or 1mg budesonide.
Budesonide is a white to off-white powder, freely soluble in chloroform, sparingly soluble in ethanol and practically insoluble in water and heptane. Budesonide melts with decomposition between 224°C and 231.5°C.
PULMICORT RESPULES nebulising suspension for inhalation is a white to off-white suspension in plastic single dose units. PULMICORT RESPULES contain budesonide 0.25mg/ml or 0.5mg/ml as the active ingredient plus, disodium edetate, sodium chloride, polysorbate 80 (E 433) citric acid - anhydrous (E 330), sodium citrate (E 331) and water for injections.
The active ingredient, budesonide, is a non-halogenated glucocorticoid structurally related to 16-α- hydroxyprednisolone. The chemical name is 16α, 17α -22R, S-propylmethylenedioxy-pregna-1, 4-diene-11β, 21-diol-3, 20-dione; MW 430.5.
