Methylprednisolone Tablets
» Methylprednisolone Tablets contain not less than 92.5 percent and not more than 107.5 percent of the labeled amount of methylprednisolone (C22H30O5).
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight containers.
Identification
Powder a number of Tablets, equivalent to about 40 mg of methylprednisolone, and digest with 25 mL of solvent hexane for 15 minutes. Filter, and discard the filtrate. Digest the residue with 25 mL of chloroform for 15 minutes. Filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, and dry at 105 for 2 hours: the residue so obtained responds to Identification tests A and C under Methylprednisolone.
Dissolution 711
Medium:
water; 900 mL.
Apparatus 2
: 50 rpm.
Time:
30 minutes.
Procedure
Measure the UV absorption of filtered aliquots removed from the Dissolution Medium and suitably diluted, if necessary, in 1-cm cells at 246 nm, with a suitable spectrophotometer, using water as the blank and utilizing a standard curve, representing the absorbance versus concentration of USP Methylprednisolone RS. [noteDissolve about 20 mg of USP Methylprednisolone RS, accurately weighed, in 1 mL of alcohol, dilute in a 1000-mL volumetric flask with water to volume, and mix. Prepare quantitative dilutions of this solution for the development of a standard curve.]
Tolerances
Not less than 70% (Q) of the labeled amount of C22H30O5 is dissolved in 30 minutes.
Uniformity of dosage units 905:
meet the requirements.
procedure for content uniformity
Mobile phase, Internal standard solution, Standard preparation, and Chromatographic system
Proceed as directed in the Assay under Methylprednisolone.
Test preparation
Place 1 Tablet in a suitable container. For tablet labeled strengths of 10 mg or less, add 0.5 mL of water. For tablet labeled strengths greater than 10 mg, add 1.0 mL of water. Allow the tablet to stand for about 2 minutes, then swirl the container to disperse the tablet. Add 5.0 mL of Internal standard solution for each mg of labeled tablet strength, shake for 15 minutes, and filter or centrifuge a portion of the test specimen. Analyze the clear solution as directed under Procedure.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for Procedure in the Assay under Methylprednisolone. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of C22H30O5 in the Tablet taken by the formula:
(FWS)(RU / RS)
in which F is the ratio of the volume of Internal standard preparation, in mL, in the Test preparation to the volume, in mL, of the Internal standard preparation in the Standard preparation; WS is the weight, in mg, of USP Methylprednisolone RS taken for the Standard preparation; and the other terms are as defined for Procedure in the Assay under Methylprednisolone.
Assay
Mobile phase, Internal standard solution, Standard preparation, and Chromatographic system
Proceed as directed in the Assay under Methylprednisolone.
Assay preparation
Accurately weigh 20 Tablets, and grind to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle. Accurately weigh a portion of the powder, equivalent to about 10 mg of methylprednisolone, and transfer to a suitable container. Add 2.5 mL of water to the ground tablet material and swirl to form a fine slurry. Add 50.0 mL of Internal standard solution, and shake for 15 minutes. Filter or centrifuge a portion of the liquid so obtained, if necessary, and analyze the clear solution as directed under Procedure.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for Procedure in the Assay under Methylprednisolone. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of C22H30O5 in the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
50C(RU / RS)
in which the terms are as defined therein.
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 2952
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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